Definitions For Fother

Verb

{{en-verb}} (dialect) To feed animals (with fother). (dated, nautical) To stop a leak with oakum or old rope (often by drawing a sail under the hull).

Noun

{{enm-noun, pl=fothres}} wagonload (that which fits in a wagon) A wildly inconsistent measure of weight primarily used for lead. A great quantity, especially a load or of people.

Descendants

{{desc, en, fother}} {{desc, sco, fother}}

References

{{R:MED Online, entry=fọ̄ther (n.) , id=MED17413 , accessdate=2018-05-18}}

Etymology

From {{bor, enm, non, fóðr}}, from {{der, enm, gem-pro, *fōdrą}}. {{doublet, enm, fodder}}.

Anagrams

forthe, therof

Middle English

Alternative forms

{{alter, enm, foður, fothir, fothyr, futher, fodyr, fooder, foþer, foþere, foðer, voðer, ffoder}}