a. [ AS. hryðer; cf. D. rund. ] (Zool.) Bovine. -- n. A bovine beast. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Rother beasts, cattle of the bovine genus; black cattle. [ Obs. ] Golding. -- Rother soil, the dung of rother beasts. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. See Rudder. ] A rudder. [ 1913 Webster ]
Rother nail, a nail with a very full head, used for fastening the rudder irons of ships; -- so called by shipwrights. [ 1913 Webster ]