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Fother
(gcide) | Fother \Foth"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fothered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Fothering.] [Cf. Fodder food, and G. f["u]ttern,
futtern, to cover within or without, to line. [root]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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Fother
(gcide) | Fother \Foth"er\, n. [OE. fother, foder, AS. f[=o]?er a
cartload; akin to G. fuder a cartload, a unit of measure,
OHG. fuodar, D. voeder, and perh. to E. fathom, or cf. Skr.
p[=a]tr[=a] vessel, dish. Cf. Fodder a fother.]
1. A wagonload; a load of any sort. [Obs.]
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Of dung full many a fother. --Chaucer.
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2. See Fodder, a unit of weight.
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fothergilla
(encz) | fothergilla, n: |
Fothered
(gcide) | Fother \Foth"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fothered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Fothering.] [Cf. Fodder food, and G. f["u]ttern,
futtern, to cover within or without, to line. [root]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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Fothering
(gcide) | Fother \Foth"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fothered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Fothering.] [Cf. Fodder food, and G. f["u]ttern,
futtern, to cover within or without, to line. [root]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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fothergilla
(wn) | fothergilla
n 1: any of several deciduous low-growing shrubs of the genus
Fothergilla having showy brushlike spikes of white flowers
in spring and fiery red and orange autumn color; grows from
Alabama to the Allegheny Mountains [syn: fothergilla,
witch alder]
2: small genus of deciduous shrubs of the southeastern United
States [syn: genus Fothergilla, Fothergilla] |
genus fothergilla
(wn) | genus Fothergilla
n 1: small genus of deciduous shrubs of the southeastern United
States [syn: genus Fothergilla, Fothergilla] |
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