rother (plural rothers)
(obsolete) A horned animal, especially an ox.
rother (plural rothers)
A rudder.
• rethor, rhetor
Rother (countable and uncountable, plural Rothers)
A surname.
A river in Derbyshire and South Yorkshire, England, which flows into the River Don.
A river in Hampshire and West Sussex, England, which flows into the River Arun.
A river in Kent and East Sussex, England, which flows into the English Channel.
A local government district in East Sussex created in 1974, which is named after the river in East Sussex.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rother is the 15748th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1851 individuals. Rother is most common among White (94.0%) individuals.
• rethor, rhetor
Source: Wiktionary
Roth"er, a. Etym: [AS. hryedher; cf. D. rund.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Bovine.
– n.
Definition: A bovine beast. [Obs.] Shak. Rother beasts, cattle of the bovine genus; black cattle. [Obs.] Golding.
– Rother soil, the dung of rother beasts.
Roth"er, n. Etym: [OE. See Rudder.]
Definition: A rudder. Rother nail, a nail with a very full head, used for fastening the rudder irons of ships; -- so called by shipwrights.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 April 2024
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
