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   Fother , n. [OE. fother, foder, AS. fōer a cartload; akin to G. fuder a cartload, a unit of measure, OHG. fuodar, D. voeder, and perh. to E. fathom, or cf. Skr. pātrā vessel, dish.  Cf. Fodder a fother.]
   A wagonload; a load of any sort. [Obs.]
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   Of dung full many a fother.
   Chaucer.
   
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   See Fodder, a unit of weight.
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   Fother, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fothered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Fothering.] [Cf. Fodder food, and G. füttern, futtern, to cover within or without, to line. √75.] 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.
   Totten.
   
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