Fother
Pronunciation : Foth"er
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. fother, foder, AS. fo a cartload; akin to G. fuder a cartload, a unit of measure, OHG. fuodar, D. voeder, and perh. to E. fathom, or cf. Skr. patra vessel, dish. Cf. Fodder a fother.]
Definition : 1. A wagonload; a load of any sort. [Obs.] Of dung full many a fother. Chaucer.
2. See Fodder, a unit of weight.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Foth"er
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Cf. Fodder food, and G. f?ttern, futtern, to cover within or without, to line. *75.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
t. [imp. & p. p. Fothered; p. pr. & vb. n. Fothering.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913