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fother

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Noun, Verb (transitive), Verb (intransitive)
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foth=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

fothern. [OE. fother, foder, AS. fōer a cartload; akin to G. fuder a cartload, a unit of measure, OHG. fuodar, D. voeder, and perh. to E. fathom, or cf. Skr. pātrā vessel, dish. Cf. Fodder a fother.].
  •  A wagonload; a load of any sort.  [1913 Webster]
    "Of dung full many a fother."  [1913 Webster]
  •  See Fodder, a unit of weight.  [1913 Webster]
fotherv. t. [Cf. Fodder food, and G. fÜttern, futtern, to cover within or without, to line. √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.  [1913 Webster]
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