Word Meanings - WHETHERING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The retention of the afterbirth in cows. Gardner.

Related words: (words related to WHETHERING)

• RETENTION
  The right of withholding a debt, or of retaining property until a debt due to the person claiming the right be duly paid; a lien. Erskine. Craig. Retention cyst , a cyst produced by obstruction of a duct leading from a secreting organ
• AFTERBIRTH
  The placenta and membranes with which the fetus is connected, and which come away after delivery.
• IRRETENTION
  Want of retaining power; forgetfulness. De Quincey.