Come Ather (pron. ah-ther)
means, when addressed to horses, “come hither”—i.e. to the left, the side on which the teamsman walks. (See Wooʹish.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.