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To: Stoat; Charles Henrickson; mikrofon
stands 6 feet, 5 inches from his hoofs to the top of his withers.

I beg your pardon...?

9 posted on 05/08/2005 8:59:21 PM PDT by martin_fierro (All things being equus)
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To: martin_fierro
stands 6 feet, 5 inches from his hoofs to the top of his withers.

I beg your pardon...?

with·ers [wíərz]
plural noun
  highest part of horse’s back: the ridge between the shoulder bones of a horse, sheep, ox, or similar four-legged animal, forming the highest part of its back

  [Early 16th century. Origin uncertain: probably ultimately from Old English wiþer “against.”]

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24 posted on 05/08/2005 9:15:24 PM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: martin_fierro
stands 6 feet, 5 inches from his hoofs to the top of his withers. I beg your pardon...?

The withers are the shoulders on a horse. It's that high point on the back that the front of the saddle sits on.

The hoofs are those hard things on the ends of their feet......sorry FRiend! I couldn't resist!

27 posted on 05/08/2005 9:21:14 PM PDT by Americanchild
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To: martin_fierro; Charles Henrickson
Quite a perch Ms. Fish has atop that steed.

(That's not a draft horse, that's a jet-stream horse ;)

84 posted on 05/09/2005 5:53:49 AM PDT by mikrofon (Definitely not yellow, that Leslie...)
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