udder (uder)

[ E. dial. yure ) = = Dan. yver = Gr. οὐθαρ = Gael. Ir. uth = L. uber (for * udher ) = = (ούθατ-), Æolic ούφαρ Skt. üdhar, üdhan, udder: root unknown. Cf. uberous, exuberant, etc.] The mammary glands of cattle and various other animals, especially when large and baggy and with more than one teat, as two or four; the milk-bag. Single glands with one nipple apiece are more frequently called teat or dug. A lione , with udders all drawn dry, Lay couching, head on ground. Shak., As you Like it, iv. 3. 115. udder-cloud (ud'er-kloud), n. A cloud consisting of a group of udder-shaped festoons falling from cumulus or strato-cumulus clouds, particularly in the immediate rear of summer storms. Also called rain - balls . uddered (ud'érd), a. [