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FOTHER definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
Definition of 'fother' 1. (in England) a measure of a quantity of lead . 2. a cart-load; a large quantity. verb (intransitive)
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FOTHER Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of FOTHER is load; especially : wagonload.
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fother - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Noun · wagonload (that which fits in a wagon) · a wildly inconsistent measure of weight primarily used for lead. · a great quantity, especially a load or of ...
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fother
▪ I. fother, n. (ˈfɒðə(r)) Forms: 1 fóðer, 3–4 south. voðer, 4–6 fother, -yr, futher, -ir, (6 fouther, fowther), 5–7 fuder, -yr, fudder, Sc. -ir, 5–9 fodder, (5–6 foder, -yr, 6 fodar, 7 fooder), 6–7 Sc. fidder, 4– fother. [OE. fóðer str. neut. = OS. fôthar (MDu. voeder, Du. voer), OHG. fuodar (MHG. ...
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Fothering - Wikipedia
Fothering refers in nautical contexts to covering a leak in a ship with a sail containing rope fibres to prevent it from sinking after being damaged.
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Fother - Websters Dictionary 1828
A weight of lead containing eight pigs, and every pig twenty one stone and a half. But the fother is of different weights.
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Load (unit)
Etymology
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word "fother" (noun) is derived from:
Lead load
In very general terms, a "load" or "fother" The fother was generally used by miners, shippers and smelters.
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SND :: fother - Dictionaries of the Scots Language
Scottish National Dictionary (1700–) · I. n. Food for cattle and horses, specif. hay or straw (Ork., ne.Sc., Peb., Arg., Ayr., Dmf., Gall., Rxb., Uls. 1953); ...
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Fother Meaning - YouTube
Video shows what fother means. a wagonload; a load of any sort.. an old English measure of lead or other metals, usually containing 19.5 ...
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fother, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary
The earliest known use of the noun fother is in the Old English period (pre-1150). fother is a word inherited from Germanic. See etymology ...
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Fother Definition & Meaning - YourDictionary
Fother Definition · (dialect) To feed animals (with fother). · (dated, nautical) To stop a leak with oakum or old rope (often by drawing a sail under the hull).
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Fother - Wikipedia
Fother is ony agricultural fuidstuff particular fode tae domesticatit fermstockin, sic as kye, gaits, sheep, horse, chickens an pigs.
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Fotmal
According to Kiernan, in 16th-century Derbyshire, the fotmal was divided into "boles" and made up of a fother, meaning it was considered to be 84 avoirdupois
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fudder
▪ I. fudder (ˈfʌdə(r)) Also 7–8 fooder. [ad. Ger. fuder (= fother) used in the same sense.] A tun (of wine).1679–88 Secr. Serv. Money Chas. & Jas. (Camden) 118 5 fooder of Rhenish wine, containing 37 ―, and 40{supt}{supy} gallons. a 1767 Sir Aldingar xli. in Child Ballads iii. lix. (1885) 46 Thou se...
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