wether (1)

[A. S. wedher; cogn. with O. S. wethar, withar; Icel. vedhr; Dan.væder, vædder; Sw.vadur; Ger. widder; O. H. Ger. widar; Goth. withrus a lamb; Latin vitulus a calf; Sanscrit vats a.] A castrated ram. *wěth'-er (2), 8. [WEATHER.] wěth-er-el-II-a, subst . [Named by Bower bank after his friend, N. T. Wetherell, of High gate, London, England, who had long studied the London Clay.] Palæobot.: A genus of fo il fruits from the London Clay. The pericarp was three, four, or five west-ward-ly, adv. [Eng. westward; -ly.] In celled, each cell with a single seed inclosed within a direction toward the west; westward. "If our loves faint, and westwardly decline, To me thou falsely thine. And I to thee mine actions shall disguise." Donne: Lecture upon the Shadow. west-wards, adverb . [English westward , with adverbial suff.s.] Westward. *wěst'-ỹ, a . [Etym. doubtful.] Dizzy, confused. "Whiles he lies wallowing, with a westy head." Bp . Hall Satires , iv. 1.