withers

n. highest part of the back (i.e. of a horse or other similar four-legged animals)

v. wilt, fade; become shriveled; degenerate; cause to be ashamed (as with a look of scorn); harm; shrivel, dry

Wither redirects here. For the comic character, see Wither (comics).For the family name, see Withers (surname).The withers is the highest point on the back of a non-upright animal, on the ridge between its shoulder blades.
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Withers the region over the backline where the neck joins the thorax and where the dorsal margins of the scapulae lie just below the skin. [more]Withers - Community and Resources

Noun
1. sensibility to trouble (as in the phrase `wring one's withers'); "the lawsuit was wringing his withers"; "our withers are unwrung"--Shakespeare
(hypernym) sensibility
2. the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals
(hypernym) body part
(part-holonym) horse, Equus caballus

Verb
1. wither, especially with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"
(synonym) shrivel, shrivel up, shrink
(hypernym) decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
(hyponym) atrophy
2. lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"
(synonym) fade
(hypernym) disappear, vanish, go away
(derivation) atrophy, withering

(prep.)
The ridge between the shoulder bones of a horse, at the base of the neck. See Illust. of Horse.