Fōth'er1, n.
n. [O. H. Ger. fuodar, M. H. Ger. fuoder, vuoder, N. H. Ger. fuder, D. voeder, cart-load. Cf. FODDER.] A fodder.
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Fother
Fōth'er2, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. FOTHERED; p. pr. & vb. n. FOTHERING.] [Cf. FODDER, v. t., and Ger. füttern, futtern, to cover within or without, to line.] To endeavor to stop, as a leak in the bottom of a ship, while afloat, by letting down a sail under her bottom, by its corners, and putting between it and the ship’s sides oakum to be sucked into the cracks. Totten.