udder, uddir, uddyr, iddyr

[A. S. úder; cogn. with O. Dut. uder, uyder; Dut. uijer: Icel. júgr (for júdr ); Sw. jufver, jur: Dan.yver; O. H. Ger. úter; Ger.euter; Gael. & Irish uttr; Lat. uber (for udher ); Gr. outhar (gen it, outhatos ); Sansc. údhar, údhan; North. Prov. Eng. yure.] 1. The glandular organ or bag of cows and other quadrupeds, in which the milk is secreted and retained for the nourishment of their young. "Sweet milk Delicious, drawn from udders never dry." Cowper: Homer's Ody ey, iv. *2. A teat, a dug. ugly "A lione , with udders all drawn dry, Lay couching head on ground." Shakesp : As You Like It , iv. 3. ŭd-dered, adj. [Eng. udder; -ed.] Furnished with or having an udder or udders. "Marian, that soft could stroke the udder'd cow." Gay: Shepherd's Week; Tuesday, 11. of an udder; hence, figuratively, deprived of nourŭd-der-le , a. [Eng. udder ; -le .] Destitute ishment from a mother; motherle . "All ye gentle girls that foster up Udderle lambs." Keats: Endymion , i. ŭd-de-văl-lite, s. [After Uddevalla, or Uddewalla, Sweden, where found; suff. -ite ( Min .).] Min .: A variety of Men acc a nite (q. v.), containing about 10 per cent. of titanium and 70 per cent. of sesquioxide of iron.