| 单词 | wether |
| 例句 | As soon as we got to Donelson the wether turned cold as Billy Sideways and some of the boys that was sick or bad hurt they froze to deth in the snow. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know wether or not the action or inaction of this particular dispatcher warrants” charges, Mr. Kelly said. 911 Dispatcher Faces Manslaughter Charge After Failing to Send Ambulance 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z On Saturday afternoon, children who participated in a junior livestock showing of wether dam goats led their animals around a barn as family members and friends watched. No crowds, rides at Arkansas State Fair due to COVID-19 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z That is life sometimes, so if you’ve got alopecia and you are reading this, be kind to yourself, you’re doing amazing and every test happens for a reason wether short term or long term. Sharing my alopecia online is 'liberating' 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z Quickly rumors spread of wether the World Cup and Ballon d’or winner put his famous left foot to use in custody. Ronaldinho granted house arrest in Paraguay amid fake passport flap 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z You too profit from the misery of needless death, wether you bother to take action or not. A Tidal Wave of Mud 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z At the time I just said it made you think wether you want to carry on in football. Premier League team news and more: weekend football countdown – live! 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z I don’t know wether you are aware of this, but I, too, am a tarrif man. Opinion | The perfect cover letter for aspiring White House chiefs of staff 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z He successfully changed “wether” to “whether” and eliminated an inadvertent repeat of the word “the” — but he failed to correct the three inaccurate references to the title of his nemesis, Robert S. Mueller III. ‘Elected to lead, not to proofread’: Typos, spelling mistakes are commonplace in Trump’s White House 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z Yet, too often we forget the engine of money and business and must and always will be the necessary foundation of such riches, wether displayed privately or publicly. They Stayed Put, but Their City Disappeared 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z What they do learn though, and it was ignored here, is what they look like, how they sound and wether or not they are easily understood and communicate in a conversation. The Utter Uselessness of Job Interviews 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z The odds are 100 percent that I do not give a flying flip wether or not Donald pecks Hillary on the cheek. Red Tie and No Kiss? What Bettors Expect in the Clinton-Trump Debate 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Britain will vote on wether to remain or leave the EU on June 23. In or Out? Britain faces vital EU membership vote June 23 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z When Trump was asked later during the press conference wether he thought he handled his exchange with Ramos well, Trump denied recognizing the top Spanish-language anchor and dismissed him as “obviously a very emotional person.” Donald Trump defends ejecting top Hispanic reporter from press conference: “He stood up and started ranting and raving like a mad man” 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z The letter does not identify which emails so it is unclear wether Clinton was aware she sent or received classified information. Another shoddy Clinton smear: Anatomy of the New York Times’ epic email screw-up 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z They questioned wether Dylann Storm Roof’s actions were part of a larger scheme to terrorize what many consider the soul of the black community: the churches. L.A. church leaders stunned, shaken by Charleston church attack 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The odds are 100 percent that I do not give a flying flip wether or not Donald... Red Tie and No Kiss? What Bettors Expect in the Clinton-Trump Debate 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z It's time for many to realize that despite our personal fellings towards any government, in the end we will, at one time or another be financially supporting them wether we like it or not. Starting Friday, U.S. Will Ease Restrictions on Travel to Cuba 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z It is unclear whether or not the photo saving app was created with the hack in mind all along or wether it was hacked by outsiders. ‘The Snappening’: 100K Snapchat photos stolen from third-party app 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z And wether he is Scottish, British or whatever, it does not matter. Crunch time for Murray at US Open 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z This spurred political conflict over wether the drug should be easily accessible to minors. Timeline: The Battle for Plan B for All Ages 2013-06-11T14:05:40Z I would suspect that many people base there opion on private public on wether they belong the interest groups. Amtrak: Another big year for Amtrak 2012-10-15T14:44:09Z We wil see now wether the definition of who would deal with the catastrophe is enough to avoid it. The ECB and the euro: Too central a banker? 2012-09-07T14:49:56Z Why is it so hard for Russia to understand that the old Syria will cease to exist shortly, wether the UN or Arab League intervene or not. UN calls for new Syria government 2012-06-30T21:23:50Z He's right, I recall moments when a telco executive made such impudent statements audience members looked at each other wondering wether the guest was lying or incompetent. 'Walmart wants to become the Walmart of smartphones' 2012-06-06T12:04:39Z Remembering the great price fat wethers commanded in those early days, it must be admitted that the temptation was considerable. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z He jumped up, and called to the shepherd,— “I say, old boy, let that bell wether of mine alone, will you?” The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z A wether, or sheep, which leads the flock, with a bell on his neck. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z The wethers, having reached their second year, are turned off in the succeeding February or March, and weigh at that age from thirty to thirty-five pounds to the quarter. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z My shepherd’s pipe can sound no deal, My wether’s bell rings doleful knell. Bacon and Shakspere 2012-03-14T02:00:24.313Z A hawk arose from a fluff of feathers, From a distant fold came a bleat of wethers. Reynard the Fox 2011-11-20T03:00:13.153Z The average weight of forty New Leicester wethers, before fattening, was found by Mr. Childers to be one hundred and twenty-eight pounds each. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z The south is a wonderful country for wether cause everything is divided off so well. No title 2011-09-30T02:00:20.710Z High-fed wethers have reached from thirty-two to even forty pounds a quarter. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z "The bell wethers, sir, ringing out their glad tidings of large and multiplying flocks." The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z He struck the tree a few blows; it split open, and out sprang the wether. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z He slaughtered a wether and caught the blood in the bladder, and stuffed it into his sister's bosom, and told her what to say and do. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z The hot wether, durin the summer, kinder tried me, but I carry eighty years jest about as well as any man ever did. Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia 2011-05-22T02:00:13.943Z Poor fences will teach ewes and wethers, as well as rams, to jump; and for a jumping flock there is no remedy but immoderately high fences, or extirpation. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z When a wether is to be killed, the wheelwright is sent for. An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. I (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) 2011-04-14T02:00:43.727Z Inside a holly-tree in front of the castle is a wether, in the wether a duck, in the duck an egg, and in that egg is her heart and life. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z For thee, O Mars! a feast shall be prepared; Salt, and a wether chosen from the herd: Invite, by turn, each Demigod of Spring— Great Mars, assist us! History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Weed wanted to know, ef we had a war with England, wether it wouldn't be better to have it carried on by contrack. Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia 2011-05-22T02:00:13.943Z Ewes are commonly distinguished from wethers by marking them on different sides of the rump. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z The wether is much superior to the ewe. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z There where the snow was deepest, yielding like wool, he found the oldest wether of the flock, sunk to the shoulders, too feeble for the struggle, and still too noble for complaining. The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children 2011-03-09T03:00:44.330Z In a few years our flocks had increased, so that we built a corral and shed a mile and a half away, where we kept our band of wethers and a herder. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z Such people are "tainted wethers of the flock," and are bound to abolish themselves forthwith. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z One inconvenience attending this plan is the necessity of fattening the maiden ewes as well as the wethers. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z There is no difference in the wether and ewe. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z Groupon is weighing wether to sell itself to Google or to proceed with a round of fundraising, according to a separate report by Bloomberg on Friday. UPDATE 1-Groupon considers sale to Google-blog 2010-11-19T19:48:00Z I also like the fact that there's a tyre leaned against the wall – I'm not sure if this was part of Gavin's work or wether some passing situationist prankster has got in on the fun. Blur goes to court 2010-06-01T09:08:00Z The wethers may be fattened at 18 to 30 months, and the ewes at 3 to 5 years, when first required as breeders. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. A ram which is known to have acquired this propensity should at once be hooded, and, if not valuable, at the proper season converted into a wether. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z When they sat down to dinner the wether got up and mounted on the table. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race The farmer that raises sheep not only sells the wool but fattens and sells some of the lambs, wethers or old ewes from time to time. Fur Farming A book of Information about Fur Bearing Animals, Enclosures, Habits, Care, etc. The bells of the bulls and wethers are heard tinkling their rural melody. The Branding Needle, or The Monastery of Charolles A Tale of the First Communal Charter They are not sufficiently gentle for guides, and the shepherds who employ them rely on some well-trained wethers or goats to lead the flock at their call. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. It is not very common, in the North, for wool-growers to fatten their wethers for market by extra winter feeding. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z They soon found a hut, in which were an old man, a young girl, a wether sheep, and a cat. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race Some of the Turks keep their wethers until they become coarse-haired and too old to pay to keep longer, eight or ten years old. Practical Angora Goat Raising The flesh is more solid and more nutritious than that of a young hog, much in the same degree that the mutton of a full-mouthed wether is better than that of a younger wether. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend Such of the wethers as have attained their prime, and those ewes that have passed it, ought to be withdrawn soon after shearing, provided with the best feed, and rapidly fitted for the shambles. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. Such of the wethers as have attained their prime, and those ewes that have passed it, should be provided with the best feed, and fitted for the butcher. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z The restless wethers with ravenous appetites were the first to move, but dared not go far from the main body. My First Summer in the Sierra This gives the wether a feminine appearance, and there is comparatively little danger of death if the operation is properly performed. Practical Angora Goat Raising In the middle stood a fine wether, decorated with a red ribbon, while a glittering bowl of pewter was on a little table beside him. Black Forest Village Stories It is a wether, for the Star-worshippers never kill ewes, or eat their flesh when killed. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations I hold no sweet converse, No wethers are killed for my wedding-feast, My hair is all but grey, The mean veil over it is no pity. Ancient Irish Poetry Then a dozen or more were shoved off, and the Don, tall like a crane and a good natural wader, jumped in after them, seized a struggling wether, and dragged it to the opposite shore. My First Summer in the Sierra The kid mohair can be kept by itself, and the wether and doe mohair can be separately packed. Practical Angora Goat Raising The rope was torn away, and the wether, the ribbon, and the bowl were brought to Florian. Black Forest Village Stories Massinger speaks of “the carcases Of three fat wethers bruised for gravy, to Make sauce for a single peacock.” The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries We subsequently saw several of these "grey wethers" in the grounds of Cobham Hall, and we noticed small masses of the same stone in situ in Pear Tree Lane, near Gad's Hill Place. A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land Fat ewes average twenty pounds per quarter, and wethers from thirty to thirty-five pounds. Soil Culture Some of the American breeders do not send their wethers to market until they get too old to produce valuable fleeces. Practical Angora Goat Raising Corpse Kitty prophesied that he would win the wether. Black Forest Village Stories The annexed figure represents a wether of this breed. An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha Hark, I hear the piping of the shepherd and the tinkling bell of the wether. The Book of Khalid Evidently thinking that Lady Frankland's household was well enough supplied, the congress did not allow to pass her seven wethers and two pigs. The Siege of Boston Grown Angora wethers do not average much more than one hundred pounds as a rule, although there are occasional bands sold which average one hundred and fifteen pounds. Practical Angora Goat Raising But she bore all without a murmur, knowing that Florian would be hers; for hadn't they won the wether? Black Forest Village Stories Those remaining in the Governor General’s park in 1803 were all wethers. An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha Ram mutton is very strong flavoured, the flesh is of a deep red, and the fat is spongy: wether mutton is the best. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families In Massinger’s play of “The City Madam,” Holdfast, exclaiming against city luxury, says, “three fat wethers bruised, to make sauce for a single peacock.” The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual First, the does should be separated from the wethers, if they have been running together, and a "wether band" made. Practical Angora Goat Raising When Mr. Price had sheared four sheep, he said, "You might as well bring the big wether next." Bobby of Cloverfield Farm I am a tainted wether of the flock, Meetest for death: the weakest kind of fruit Drops earliest to the ground. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature A leg of wether mutton, which is the best flavoured, may be known by a round lump of fat at the edge of the broadest part, as at a. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families Then answered Thord Fat-paunch: 'Plenty of words has that horned one who holds a staff in his hand crooked at the top like a wether's horn. The Red True Story Book That of the does, if it differs from that of the wethers, should be packed separately. Practical Angora Goat Raising The leader of the flock, the big bell wether, went ahead. Bobby of Cloverfield Farm In the old fables the lion is described as supreme judge and not the mule or the wether. Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 3, May 1906 Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature It is not the better for being young: if it be wether mutton, of a good breed and well fed, it is best for age. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families Now I see thy looks were feignèd Quickly lost, and quickly gainèd; Soft thy skin, like wool of wethers, Heart inconstant, light as feathers, Tongue untrusty, subtle sighted, Wanton will with change delighted. Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age That nettled me and, instead, I made a plunge for a big wether and fastened both hands into his wool. When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine Near whom a wood-dove kept no small ado, To bid me, in her language, 'Do so too'— The wether's bell, that leads our flock around, Yields, as methinks, this day a deader sound. Notes and Queries, Number 76, April 12, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc The man swore innocence, but it was of no use; he was instantly convicted, for the wether bleated in his bowels. Chronicles of Strathearn Choose a fine-grained leg of wether mutton, of twelve or fourteen pounds weight; cut it ham shape, and let it hang two days. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families A "bell'd wether" is a ram with a bell round its neck; and the proverb means that a difficult or dangerous undertaking should be led by a person of experience. The Proverbs of Scotland A sailor on the sly, Had cast on her his wether eye. English as She is Wrote Showing Curious Ways in which the English Language may be made to Convey Ideas or obscure them. It was dusk, and looked like wet; moreover, some wether sheep in the fold, far down in the valley, were “howling” for rain: they were true weather-prophets always. 'Murphy' A Message to Dog Lovers Capt Clark is all right, we dont think he is afraid of the whole Spanish Navy. the wether is very fogy. The Voyage of the Oregon from San Francisco to Santiago in 1898 At first I was delighted at the mere thought of being free again, but then I recollected I had no friends nobody to care wether I lived or died. Daisy Ashford: Her Book The animals selected were two wethers, aged respectively five and six years. The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock She greeted him courteously and asked his business, and he replied, “I have brought home Thorbiorn’s wethers which strayed this autumn,” and then the two talked together for a short time. Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race I was persistent in having them gratified, and succeeded, by being allowed the privilege of selling off the fat wethers whenever they became marketable, and replacing them with young ewes, which increased rapidly. Twenty Years of Hus'ling He was very fond of wether mutton; and, when he killed a sheep, he used to say to me, 'Friend Tim, I will give you the skin if you will accept it.' Humour of the North We take as leaders sheep that are 'flock-wise'—by that I mean old ewes or wethers that have long been in the herds and know the ways. The Story of Wool He found the heart of a one-year old Southdown wether, fattened according to the high-pressure system, to be little more than a mass of fat. The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock When those that had been gathered were divided Thorbiorn had lost at least sixty wethers, and was greatly vexed. Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race And Governor Seymour was expected to be its "bell wether" in the disruption movement. Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After But as things were twould make persons think he was so involved that he was not fit to go any wether else. Customs and Fashions in Old New England If it is wether, the staple will come out clean, without interfering to any extent with those around it; but if hog, some of the fibers will adhere to the one that is being pulled. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades A second one said, that, “it had tup’s een, and her father liked wether mutton.” The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith Wherefore the old bell wether got through these trifles without a tumble. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler Catch those yearling ewes with the wether earmark and change to the shoe-string.” The Fighting Shepherdess The thought that he was about to execute Justice occupied his mind wholly as the old wether led them into the strait and narrow way. The Wrong Woman The wool of sheep two or more years old is known as wether. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades I wonder wether I shall ever appear before you as a gentleman.” Peter Simple The most remarkable change of habit that I ever witnessed was in a wether sheep, on board of a frigate, during the war. The King's Own One in fifty; and cut those five wethers out of the ewe herd. The Fighting Shepherdess A second one said, that “it had tup’s een, and her father liked wether mutton.” The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself All subsequently cut fleeces are known as wether wool and possess relatively somewhat less value than the first clip. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades The carcass of a Southdown wether, when well fatted, 363 is large, weighing, at two to three years old, a hundred to a hundred and twenty pounds. Rural Architecture Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages, and Out Buildings You are neither steward nor bailiff, for you have not yet looked at the wethers. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag A horned wether here I see, Among the briars tied is he, To thee offered it shall be Anon, right in this place. "Everyman," with other interludes, including eight miracle plays Every wether was to pay twopence yearly; every ewe, threepence. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part C. From Henry VII. to Mary Obviously they were the two finest "grey wethers" obtainable in the flock, and because of that, they were set aside for the most prominent place in the enclosure. Stonehenge Today and Yesterday I’m no young wether, To be let keep his old dam company; Trotting beside her ... Krindlesyke Then, a fortnight ago, the steward came over with a strange butcher, and wanted my husband to give him the wethers; but he refused. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag Then Patrick said: "The youth who comes from the north, To him is vouchsafed the triumph; To Cothraige he comes, With his little wether on his back." The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick Including the Life by Jocelin, Hitherto Unpublished in America, and His Extant Writings Why the tainted wether of the flock, am I not struck to earth among the first? The Last Man Very soon a bold egregious wether jumped the fence into the Higher Criticism, and gave us a new and amazing interpretation of the culminating line in Crossing the Bar. Adventures in Criticism Boys are like sheep, and given a bell wether they will follow blindly where the leader goes. The Banner Boy Scouts Or, The Struggle for Leadership For the flock of wethers they paid £6 yearly. A Short History of English Agriculture At that very time came another youth, attended by his mother, carrying on her back a cooked wether to the king's supper. The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick Including the Life by Jocelin, Hitherto Unpublished in America, and His Extant Writings "There's but two score wethers fit for market." Joanna Godden The only good thing about it is that when your in bed the Top sargent cant tell wether your there or not without takin out all the hay. "Same old Bill, eh Mable!" My Peggy does all nymphs excel, And all confess she bears the bell,— Where'er she goes swains flock together, Like sheep that follow the bell wether. The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood The heaviest wethers, according to him, weighed 60 lb. and had at the most 6 lb. of wool, a much heavier fleece than is generally ascribed to them; others had 4 or 5 lb. A Short History of English Agriculture Patrick begged of him to give him the wether to save his honor. The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick Including the Life by Jocelin, Hitherto Unpublished in America, and His Extant Writings Fuller stood beside the wethers, his two shaggy dogs couched at his feet—he started when he suddenly saw his mistress burst through the crowd, her black feathers nodding above her angry face. Joanna Godden We never did find out wether they was blown up or skipped. "Same old Bill, eh Mable!" The leaders begin to follow that wether, and they go right over the cliff like the pore fools they are. Judith of the Plains The invective against "the great wether" was not perhaps the portion of the speech to which the audience listened with least interest. The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) Now, what i wants to no is, wether i can’t summons his lordship for my day out. Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 1, July 31, 1841 The boy answered that a fox had killed the lamb, and that the wether had fallen into a bog; adding, 'I fancy I shall not be very lucky with my sheep.' The Relation of the Hrolfs Saga Kraka and the Bjarkarimur to Beowulf A Contribution To The History Of Saga Development In England And The Scandinavian Countries The fello that invented these dugouts couldnt seem to decide wether to put in stairs or a ladder so he split the difference. "Same old Bill, eh Mable!" A first-rate man will have seventy, and, if called upon to show what he is made of, will shear a heavy-woolled wether in six minutes. Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 And Osgar got up, but the wether put him down under one of his feet, so that it had now the three men under him. Gods and Fighting Men For what should be the great wonder if in the native land of wethers there are born strong horns, able to ram down most powerfully cities and towns? The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 When he heard this, the farmer gave him one ewe and two wethers, and asked him to remain another year in his service. The Relation of the Hrolfs Saga Kraka and the Bjarkarimur to Beowulf A Contribution To The History Of Saga Development In England And The Scandinavian Countries Theyd touch up there eyes a bit an say "I knew him well," wether they did or not. "Same old Bill, eh Mable!" Calmly he uncrossed his legs and looking up at the ceiling he said, "Alas, certain scabby wethers succeed in stealing into the fold, but they are so rare as hardly to be worth thinking about." Là-bas Goll and Osgar looked at one another then, and shame came on them, a wether to have done so much as that. Gods and Fighting Men He says he wont take the men out in such bad wether as today. Dere Mable Love Letters of a Rookie At the end of a certain time the farmer gave Sigurdur a wether, a ewe, and a lamb as a present, with which the youth was much pleased. The Relation of the Hrolfs Saga Kraka and the Bjarkarimur to Beowulf A Contribution To The History Of Saga Development In England And The Scandinavian Countries My fields are brought to such a pass, I have not left a blade of grass; That all my wethers and my beeves Are slighted by the very thieves. The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 Gay, too, in a pastoral dirge, says, The wether's bell, Before the drooping flock, toll'd forth her knell; The solemn deathwatch click'd the hour she died. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 361, Supplementary Issue (1829) Conan rose up and took hold of it, but the wether gave itself a shake that threw Conan under one of its feet. Gods and Fighting Men In Hove Park is the famous "grey wether," called the "Goldstone." Seaward Sussex The South Downs from End to End But a fool's a fool, wether he's white or black. Iola Leroy Shadows Uplifted The first feat of arms of the little cadets was completed, the wether was slain. The Merchant of Berlin An Historical Novel Your friend has lost the Control I cannot say wether it will be possible to regain it now or no I find it hard work to get any hold at all. Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the University of Pennsylvania to Investigate Modern Spiritualism In Accordance with the Request of the Late Henry Seybert The cat rose up then and took hold of the wether, and brought it over and tied it in its place at the end of the house. Gods and Fighting Men In 1768 he killed a wether sheep which weighed one hundred three pounds gross. George Washington: Farmer In the meadow to the left some goats were grazing and, as he passed, the wether raised his head and examined him incuriously, its bell clanking solemnly. Madcap Let us make believe, then, that this wether is the enemy, and that we have to attack him. The Merchant of Berlin An Historical Novel Cannot say wether we can control the slate or no. will do our utmost to do so there are times when we cannot get the proper influences nor find the right conditions. Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the University of Pennsylvania to Investigate Modern Spiritualism In Accordance with the Request of the Late Henry Seybert The men rose up then, but they had no mind to go on eating, for there was shame on them at what the wether had done to them. Gods and Fighting Men And, wethers, of this tender grass take, nothing coy, your fill: So, when it comes, the after-math shall find you feeding still. Theocritus, translated into English Verse Having captured the bell wether it was presumed that the balance of the flock would soon follow, but the contrary proved to be true. Arizona Sketches An outburst of boisterous laughter from the Austrians greeted the dignified wether, and drowned the cries of the bitterly disappointed cadets. The Merchant of Berlin An Historical Novel Now this angered the man still more, for he was a shepherd reputed to have great skill in sheep and esteemed the nicest judge of hogg and wether in all the countryside. The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies Three she-wolves that come out of the Cave of Cruachan every year and destroy our sheep and our wethers, and we can do nothing against them, and they go back into the cave again. Gods and Fighting Men Hath any ram Slipped from the fold, or young kid lost his dam, Or straggling wether the pent flock forsook? L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, Comus, and Lycidas Towards the time of gathering in the cattle Grettir went down to Flysjuhverfi to get some sheep and got four wethers. Grettir the Strong, Icelandic Saga No one could ever say that a sheep attacked him without provocation; although there is an old bush story of a man who was discovered in the act of killing a neighbour's wether. Three Elephant Power and Other Stories The three-year-old wethers and older oxen that used to be common in the fat stock markets are now rarely seen, excepting perhaps in the case of mountain breeds of sheep and Highland cattle. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 "Bow-wow, bow-wow," he barked, and nipped the heels of the wether. The Spartan Twins Toward nightfall they found an ancient wether the weight of whose horns had sunk him deep in the soft snow, so that he could neither go forward nor back. The Trail Book There is no driving of the flock; that is a practice entirely unknown; but the shepherd, when he wishes to remove his sheep, calls to him a tame wether accustomed to feed from his hands. The Dog The delivery of ewes and wethers is timed by individual arrangement. Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places In the sheep section of the Smithfield show the classes for ewes were finally abolished in 1898, and the classes restricted to wethers and wether lambs, whose function is exclusively the production of meat. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 I have brought many a wether to his end, but this is the first sheep, within all my experience, that hath kept the fleece while a portion of the body has been in the pot! The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish As soon as they had worked themselves up to a proper pitch they would begin to attack us with Stones and darts, and oblige us, wether we would or no, to fire upon them. Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World And, like Hegelochus, we now may say "Out of the storm there comes a new fine wether." The Frogs Quick send a wether for his use: If not contented, send him more; Yes, add an ox, and see you choose The best our pastures ever bore. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes The only exception was in the case of the slowly-maturing Cheviot and mountain breeds, for which the second class was for wether sheep of any age above twelve months. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Creatures which run at large prove better mutton than the stalled wether," continued a third; "and thereby custom was getting low before this hunt. The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish Gentle breezes at South-East by East and Clear wether. Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World Gladly thenThat shepherd youth gave them the wether small:With both his hands outstretched, and liberal smile,He gave it, though, with angry eye askanceHis mother grudged it sore. The Legends of Saint Patrick The first question I asked myself, when I had blown out the candle, was, Are there fat wethers enough in my flock to pay for the cream-noses? The Purple Land In the case of wether sheep, twelve to twenty-four months old, the highest daily increase was 0.56 lb per head as yielded by Lincolns, aged twenty-one months. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 He made her a present of a young wether; after all, she had been with him a long time, and worked for little pay. Growth of the Soil They have a Custom of preserving the Sculls and under Jaw bones of the Dead, but wether of their Friends or Enemies I cannot pretend to say. Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World The wether theirs,As though earth-swallowed, vanished that wild tribe,Fearing that mother’s eye. The Legends of Saint Patrick A few had taken quarters and were coiling in their bunks When we shore the six-tooth wethers from the plain. The Old Bush Songs I have eaten no wethers of thy flock, nor beast hath destroyed none. Bible Stories and Religious Classics Little Sivert had read a good deal to what he knew before, but he could not say of the wether that the beast had a fine Roman nose, begad! Growth of the Soil From ten to five, from five to three, A lamb, a wether, and a ewe;-. The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 To the extreme right you might have beheld Vegetable Warren, the staff-surgeon, slightly exaggerated in the semblance of a South-Down wether nibbling at a gigantic Swedish turnip. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858 A ram or wether lamb, after being weaned, is called a hog, or hoggitt, tag, or pug, throughout the first year, or until it renew two teeth; the ewe, a ewe-lamb, ewe-tag, or pug. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 269, August 18, 1827 Take ye therefore seven bulls and seven wethers and go to my servant Job and offer ye sacrifice for you. Bible Stories and Religious Classics The wether was grazing quietly in the field; suddenly it threw up its head, stopped munching, simply stood there looking out. Growth of the Soil Being faire wether, I caused my nephew to prepare himself, with 3 men, to carry Provisions & Brandy unto our french men & to the English men at the fort of the Island. Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson I heard the bleat of an old wether, a mile off, upon the tors; and was turning away dejected, when, far down in the south, there ran a sound that set my heart leaping. The Splendid Spur Seating himself at the table, Hugh spread out the letter, and read it:— Dear Gordon, The last lot of wethers, though they topped the market, only realised 10/-. Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life He did do slay two fat kine and four wethers, and to ordain meat for all his neighbors and friends, and Raguel desired and adjured Tobias that he should abide with him two weeks. Bible Stories and Religious Classics He knew the wether from the day when it had been a lamb, he understood it and was one with it—a kinsman, a fellow-creature. Growth of the Soil Exaggerated stories had reached us, brought by timid fat men on horseback, with bulky pocket-books, who came to buy our wethers for the Hokitika market, of "sticking up" having broken out on the west land. Station Amusements in New Zealand A yoke of fat oxen, and half a score prime wethers. Peveril of the Peak It's getting uncommon close shaving for them wethers in the new paddock. Harry Heathcote of Gangoil And after they had spoken, Raguel commanded to slay a wether, and make ready a feast. Bible Stories and Religious Classics They had but one skin rug, and there would be no getting another till next autumn, when there were wethers to kill—and even then two skins would not make a blanket. Growth of the Soil He would also sell hay against promises of lambs, especially wethers, once it was certain that the cold of winter was past. Seven Icelandic Short Stories The chief or leader of a mob; an idea taken from a flock of sheep, where the wether has a bell about his neck. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue These gentlemen were most kind and hospitable, and would not accept any payment for two fine wether sheep which we had eaten. Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, Better is obedience than sacrifice, and better it is to take heed to do after thy Lord than to offer the fat kidneys of the wethers. Bible Stories and Religious Classics He had a long grey beard and a meek face, looking so like an old wether himself it appeared almost the act of a cannibal on his part to eat a mutton pie. Madame Midas After his departure for college, his mother had conceived of this fine young wether in terms of sweetbreads, tallow for chapped noses, and a soft seat for the spine of her husband. The Reign of Law; a tale of the Kentucky hemp fields There is a duck in the wether’s belly, and an egg in the belly of the duck, and it is in the egg that my soul is.” The Golden Bough It will, however, pay you better to invest nearly all your money in ewes, and to kill your own young stock, than to sink more capital than is absolutely necessary in wethers. A First Year in Canterbury Settlement Rounding the first flag, one bright-eyed wether made a dash for the open. Bob, Son of Battle And, meanwhile, mark thou this, my son: the Roman eagle hangs on high, waiting with ready talons till such time as he may fall upon the fat wether Egypt and rend him. Cleopatra "Him had been lever, I dare well undertake, At thilke time, than all his wethers black, That she had had a ship herself alone." i.e. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems In this part of France the last sheaf is called the coujoulage, which, in the patois, means a wether. The Golden Bough Muck, however small, has yet others smaller about it, one of which has only ground sufficient to afford pasture for three wethers. Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland Let me see: every 'leven wether tods; every tod yields pound and odd shilling; fifteen hundred shorn, what comes the wool to? The Winter's Tale I'm sure I would rather they had worried the primest wether in my faulds.—Come, man, forget and forgie. The Black Dwarf "At that time he would have given all his black wethers, if she had had an ark to herself." The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems The confusion is like that of killing a wether under the name of a wolf. The Golden Bough O Lord, when hunger pinches sore, Do thou stand us in stead, And send us, from thy bounteous store, A tup or wether head! Poems and Songs of Robert Burns None, save that my ewes, My wethers, lambs, and wanton kids are well, Smooth, fair, and fat; none better I can tell: Or that this day Menalchas keeps a feast For his sheep-shearers. A selection from the lyrical poems of Robert Herrick Let me see: every 'leven wether tods; every tod yields pound and odd shilling; fifteen hundred shorn, what comes the wool to? The Winter's Tale There were about two hundred, wethers and ewes, and they were young and looked a good breed too, but so poor they could scarcely travel; they soon picked up, though. Joe Wilson and His Mates In Guyenne, when the last corn has been reaped, they lead a wether all round the field. The Golden Bough |
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