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witherweights

witherweights is the plural of witherweight.

Meaning of witherweight

Noun

witherweight (plural witherweights)

  1. (Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal) A counterbalancing weight; counterweight.
    • It is good to have a speciall care that gifts come not in the ballance with grace; for that is too gross a wither-weight. Lay by the painted case when you weigh the jewell; […]c1665, Sel. Biog. I 265.

Questions about witherweights

What is witherweights the plural of?
Witherweights is the plural of witherweight.

Words near witherweights in the dictionary

  1. Witherspoon-excludables
  2. Witherspoons
  3. withertip
  4. witherward
  5. witherweight
  6. witherweights
  7. witherwin
  8. witherwins
  9. witherwise
  10. withery
  11. withes

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