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Wethered vs Whethering - What's the difference?

wethered | whethering |

As a verb wethered

is (wether).

As a noun whethering is

(obsolete) the retention of the afterbirth in cows.

wethered

English

Verb

(head)
  • (wether)

    • wether

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (dialectal)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A castrated buck goat.
  • A castrated ram.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1527 , author=George Joye , title= The storie of my state after the bishop had receyued the pryours letters , chapter= citation , isbn= , page= , passage=There was a great fyer in the chamber, the wether was colde, and I saw now and then a Bishop come out;}} (cited after Samuel Roffey Maitland, 1866, p. 8)

    Derived terms

    * bellwether

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To castrate a male sheep or goat.

    • whethering

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) The retention of the afterbirth in cows.
    • (Gardner)

    References

    * OED. (Webster 1913)