Definition of fother Fother
foth•er
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- fother (Noun)
A wagonload; a load of any sort. - fother (Noun)
An old English measure of lead or other metals, usually containing 19. 5 hundredweight; a fodder. - fother (Noun)
Food for animals. - fother (Verb)
To feed animals with fother. - fother (Verb)
To stop a leak with oakum or old rope often by drawing a sail under the hull.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- fother (n.)
A wagonload; a load of any sort. - fother (n.)
See Fodder, a unit of weight. - fother (v. t.)
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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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fother
foth′ėr, v.t. to stop or lessen a leak in a ship's bottom whilst afloat by means of a heavy sail closely thrummed with yarn and oakum. [Perh. from Dut. voederen (mod. voeren) or Low Ger. fodern, to line.] -
fother
foth′ėr, n. a load, quantity: a definite weight—of lead, 19½ cwt. [A.S. fóðer; Ger. fuder.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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fother
[Anglo-Saxon foder]. A burden; a weight of lead equal to 19-1/2 cwts. Leaden pigs for ballast.
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