Definitions for "Fother"
Keywords:  cartload, cwt, fodder, oxford, supposed
See Fodder, a unit of weight.
A certain weight, supposed to represent a cartload. A definite weight of lead, now 19 and a half cwt. OXFORD.
Keywords:  thrummed, sail, inflow, leak, bottom
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.
To put a sail, or almost anything, over a hole in the vessel's bottom to check the inflow of water.
Keywords:  wagonload, cart, load, sort
A wagonload; a load of any sort.
A cart-load