fother

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fother - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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  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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