Foth"er , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fothered (?);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Fothering.]
[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.
Foth"er (?), n. [OE.
fother, foder, AS. fō&?;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. pātrā 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.
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