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Definition of Fother

Fother
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.] Of dung full many a fother. --Chaucer. 2. See Fodder, a unit of weight.
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.

Meaning of Fother from wikipedia

- The load, also known as a fodder, fother, and charrus (Latin: carrus, lit. "cartload"), is a historic English unit of weight or m**** of various amounts...
- Fother Royd Wood is a woodland in Lancashire, England, near Worsthorne. It covers a total area of 1.03 hectares (2.55 acres). It is owned and managed by...
- thrummed with yarns was used. Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition 1989 "fother, 3" Banks, Joseph. "Banks' Journal: 12 June 1770". National Library of Australia...
- make it back to the East Indies. However, some crew members were able to "fother" the leak using a sail so that the water could be cleared easily using one...
- Scots at Innisibsolian where the Scots had victory. He was killed at Opidum Fother [modern Dunnottar] by the Gentiles. It has been suggested that the attack...
- Santiago (2007) Bailar y Llorar (2008) Production discography No soy uno (Fother Muckers, 2007) Bailar y Llorar (Teleradio Donoso, 2008) Odisea (2010) Rebeldes...
- "Jock and Tam Gordon" 3933. "Nathaniel Gordon" 3934. "Giein' the Nowt Their Fother", "The Laird of Southland's Courtship" 3935. "Young Bearwell" (Child 302)...
- favours of James Archbishop of St Andrews and his sone of the lands of Fothers &c. Ratification in favour of James, Archbishop of St Andrews, and his...
- King Wenceslas 1994 Jan Turek TV movie Black Hearts in Battersea 1996 Fothers TV series Wycliffe 1996 Neil Pender TV series Escape to Somerset 1998 Matthew...
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