fother

noun · verbA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

fothers

1.
(countable, historical, uncountable)A load, a wagonload, especially any various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities.
Four fother of clod lime, and fifteen fothers of good manure, on each acre.
2.
(alt of, alternative, countable, dialectal, uncountable)(dialect) Alternative form of fodder, food for animals.

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verb

V_es/s

fothers

V_ing/Gerund

fothering

V_ed/pp

fothered

1.
(dialectal)(dialect) To feed animals (with fother).
2.
(dated)(dated, nautical) To stop a leak with oakum or old rope (often by drawing a sail under the hull).

Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English fother, fothir, from Old Norse fóðr (cognate to fōdor), from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (compare voer, Futter, foder). fodder and foeder. More at food.