udder

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(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:01:16

Ud"der (?), n. [OE. uddir, AS. uder; akin to D. uijer, G. euter, OHG. utar, utiro, Icel. jugr, Sw. jufver, jur, Dan. yver, L. uber, Gr. o"y^qar, Skr. udhar. 216. Cf. Exuberant.]

1. Anat.

The glandular organ in which milk is secreted and stored; -- popularly called the bag in cows and other quadrupeds. See Mamma.

A lioness, with udders all drawn dry. Shak.

2.

One of the breasts of a woman.

[R.]

Yon Juno of majestic size, With cowlike udders, and with oxlike eyes. Pope.

 

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