==Metrological== Fother is an old unit originally a cart-load (of hay, turf, wood, etc.), 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. ==Nautical== The word is separately used for covering a leak in a ship with a sa...
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weight of lead which varied between areas but was equivalent to approximately one ton (R 166)
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• (n.) A wagonload; a load of any sort. • (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. • (n.) See Fodder, a unit of weight.
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weight of lead which varied between areas but was equivalent to approximately one ton (R 166)
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Foth'er noun [ Middle English
fother ,
foder , Anglo-Saxon
fō...er a cartload; akin to German
fuder a cartload, a unit of measure, Old High German
fuodar , Dutch
voeder , and perhaps to English
fathom , or confer Sanskrit
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Foth'er transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Fothered ;
present participle & verbal noun Fothering .] [ Confer
Fodder food, and German
füttern ,
futtern , to cover within or without, to line. √75.] To...
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Ancient Measurement Terms: Weight. A cart-load. About 19½ hundredweight, dependent upon material.
Also, six sacks where each sack is five fotmal.
Volume. 40 bushels or 320 gallons.
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