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Definition of Fother
1. n. A wagonload; a load of any sort.
2. v. t. 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.
Definition of Fother
1. Noun. (obsolete) a wagonload; a load of any sort. ¹
2. Noun. an old English measure of lead or other metals, usually containing 19.5 hundredweight; a fodder. ¹
3. Noun. (dialect) Food for animals. ¹
4. Verb. (dialect) To feed animals (with fother). ¹
5. Verb. (context: dated, nautical) To stop a leak with oakum or old rope (often by drawing a sail under the hull). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fother
1. to protect a sail with tarred yarn [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Fother
1. 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. Origin: Cf. Fodder food, and G. Futtern, futtern, to cover within or without, to line. 75. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fother
Literary usage of Fother
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memorials of the Abbey of St. Mary of Fountains by John Richard Walbran, James Raine, Joseph Thomas Fowler (1863)
"The ' frères ' of Richmond had 31 oz. of plate, 3 bells and 12 fother of lead
... oz. of plate and 40 fother of lead. At Newcastle, the Augustine friars had ..."
2. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1854)
"... and I happened to take it in shorthand fother day. Good law! what politics
these wise people are talking about me ! Saturday night, Feb. 18th, 1727. ..."
3. Philadelphia Medical and Physical Journal by Benjamin Smith Barton (1806)
"With Remarks on the Climate of London, Philadelphia, fcfc. In a letter to a friend.
By A. fother- GILL, MD, FRS, &fc., and by Mm communicated to the EDITOR. ..."
4. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Nottingham: With by Robert Lowe, Board of Agriculture (Great Britain) (1798)
"... hay seeds fall from the back of the rack, and are saved for use, called a
fother room; the rack is upright in the stable, and inclined on the back side. ..."
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