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wether wool

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weth⋅er

  [weth-er]
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–noun
1. a castrated male sheep.
2. Also called wether wool. wool from previously shorn sheep.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME, OE; c. OS withar, OHG widar, ON vethr, Goth withrus
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wether 
O.E. weðer "ram," from P.Gmc. *wethruz (cf. O.S. wethar, O.N. veðr, O.H.G. widar, Ger. Widder, Goth. wiþrus "lamb"), lit. "yearling," from PIE base *wet- "year" (cf. Skt. vatsah "calf," Gk. etalon "yearling," L. vitulus "calf," lit. "yearling"). Male sheep, especially a castrated one.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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