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Udder vs Edder - What's the difference?

udder | edder |

As nouns the difference between udder and edder

is that udder is an organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals, particularly ruminants such as cattle, goats, sheep and deer while edder is flexible wood worked into the top of hedge stakes, to bind them together.

As a verb edder is

to bind the top interweaving edder.

udder

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals, particularly ruminants such as cattle, goats, sheep and deer.

    • edder

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) ; akin to (etar).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Flexible wood worked into the top of hedge stakes, to bind them together.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To bind the top interweaving edder.
    • to edder a hedge

    Etymology 2

    See adder.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An adder or snake.
    • (Wright)
    (Webster 1913)