Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Rother \Roth"er\, a. [AS. hry[eth]er; cf. D. rund.] (Zo["o]l.)
   Bovine. -- n. A bovine beast. [Obs.] --Shak.

   {Rother beasts}, cattle of the bovine genus; black cattle.
      [Obs.] --Golding.

   {Rother soil}, the dung of rother beasts.

Rother \Roth"er\, n. [OE. See {Rudder}.]
   A rudder.

   {Rother nail}, a nail with a very full head, used for
      fastening the rudder irons of ships; -- so called by
      shipwrights.