fother

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fother (I see it pronounced both like "father" and like "feather")
noun. 1. a cartload or large quantity
  2. (or fodder) an old unit of weight for lead, lime, coal, etc.
verb, transitive.  1. to cover (a sail) with oakum, rope, yarn, etc., for placing over and stopping a leak in a ship.
  2. to stop (a leak) with a sail prepared in this way, by allowing the pressure of water to force it into the crack.

Etymology
In my dictionary, the noun form is listed as coming from Old English fother.
The verb form as listed as possibly coming from Middle Dutch voederen (to feed).


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