fother

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Definition of fother in English English dictionary

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

: a wagonload; a load of any sort

See Fodder, a unit of weight

A wagonload; a load of any sort

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

Hyphenation

foth·er