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Definition: Fother
Fother
\Foth"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Fothered; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Fothering.] [Cf.
Fodder food, and G. f["u]ttern,
futtern, to cover within or without, to line. [root]75.]
To stop (a leak in a ship at sea) by drawing under its bottom
a thrummed sail, so that the pressure of the water may force
it into the crack. --Totten.
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Fother
\Foth"er\, n. [OE. fother, foder, AS. f[=o]?er a
cartload; akin to G. fuder a cartload, a unit of measure,
OHG. fuodar, D. voeder, and perh. to E. fathom, or cf. Skr.
p[=a]tr[=a] vessel, dish. Cf.
Fodder a fother.]
1. A wagonload; a load of any sort. [Obs.]
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Of dung full many a fother. --Chaucer.
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2. See
Fodder, a unit of weight.
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