Definitions for fother
fother

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1. fothernoun

   a wagonload; a load of any sort.

2. fothernoun

   an old English measure of lead or other metals, usually containing 19.5 hundredweight; a fodder.

3. fothernoun

   Food for animals.

4. fotherverb

   To feed animals (with fother).

5. fotherverb

   To stop a leak with oakum or old rope (often by drawing a sail under the hull).

6. Etymology: From Old Norse fóðr, but see fōdor, from fōdran (compare voer 'pasture, fodder', Futter 'feed', foder), from *fōda 'food', from pat- 'to feed'. More at food.

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1. fother

   The load, also known as a fodder, fother, and charrus (Latin: carrus, lit. "cartload"), is a historic English unit of weight or mass of various amounts, depending on the era, the substance being measured, and where it was being measured. The term was in use by the 13th century, and disappeared with legislation from the 1820s onwards. Modern equivalents of historical weights and measures are often very difficult to determine, and figures given here should be treated with caution.

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1. Fothernoun

   a wagonload; a load of any sort

2. Fothernoun

   see Fodder, a unit of weight

3. Fotherverb

   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

4. Etymology: [OE. fother, foder, AS. fer a cartload; akin to G. fuder a cartload, a unit of measure, OHG. fuodar, D. voeder, and perh. to E. fathom, or cf. Skr. ptr vessel, dish. Cf. Fodder a fother.]

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1. Fother

   Fother is an old unit originally a cart-load, but through transference became a measurement for a quantity of lead. It was defined in different ways at different places and times, being about equal to a ton or somewhat more.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.]

2. Fother

   foth′ėr, n. a load, quantity: a definite weight—of lead, 19½ cwt. [A.S. fóðer; Ger. fuder.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fother in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fother in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fother
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fother
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fother
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=fother
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=fother