·noun ·see Fodder, a unit of weight.
II. Fother ·noun A wagonload; a load of any sort.
III. Fother ·vt 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.
[Anglo-Saxon foder]. A burden; a weight of lead equal to 19-1/2 cwts. Leaden pigs for ballast. ...
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