Meanings
verbwuther (third-person singular simple present wuthers, present participle wuthering, simple past and past participle wuthered)
present singular third person wuthers · participle present wuthering · participle past wuthered · past wuthered
- alternativeAlternative form of whither.
- of a wind: to blow with a dull roaring, such as among trees
nounwuther (plural wuthers)
plural wuthers
- alternativeAlternative form of whither.
- the sound of a wuthering wind.
I felt sure now that I was in the pensionnat—sure by the beating rain on the easement; sure by the ‘wuther’ of wind amongst trees, denoting a garden outside; sure by the chill, the whiteness, the solitude, amidst which I lay.
1853 January, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “Auld Lang Syne”, in Villette. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC, page 8
Origin
A variant of whither.
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Chicago
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