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Fother
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A wagonload; a load of any sort. [Obs.] Of dung full many a fother. Chaucer.
2. See Fodder, a unit of weight.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.