Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for WITH'ER-NAM
WITH'ER-NAM, n. [Sax. wither, against, and naman, to take.]
In withernam, in law, a second or reciprocal distress, in lieu of a first distress which has been eloigned; reprisal. – Blackstone.
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