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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfɒðə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɑðɚ/ [General-American] Forms: fothers [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English fother, fothir, from Old Norse fóðr (cognate to Old English fōdor), from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (compare Dutch voer (“pasture, fodder”), German Futter (“feed”), Swedish foder). Doublet of fodder and foeder. More at food. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fother}} Middle English fother, {{m|enm|fothir}} fothir, {{der|en|non|fóðr}} Old Norse fóðr, {{cog|ang|fōdor}} Old English fōdor, {{der|en|gem-pro|*fōdrą}} Proto-Germanic *fōdrą, {{cog|nl|voer|t=pasture, fodder}} Dutch voer (“pasture, fodder”), {{cog|de|Futter|t=feed}} German Futter (“feed”), {{cog|sv|foder}} Swedish foder, {{doublet|en|fodder}} Doublet of fodder, {{m|en|foeder}} foeder, {{m|en|food}} food Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fother (countable and uncountable, plural fothers)
  1. (historical) A load, a wagonload, especially any various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities. Tags: countable, historical, uncountable
    Sense id: en-fother-en-noun-dY8mquz0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 22 26 15 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 36 11 13 8 21 10 1 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 11 12 8 19 10 1
  2. (dialect) Alternative form of fodder, food for animals. Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, dialectal, uncountable Alternative form of: fodder, food for animals
    Sense id: en-fother-en-noun-0TD-DLUZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cartload, load Hyponyms: load

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈfɒðə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɑðɚ/ [General-American] Forms: fothers [present, singular, third-person], fothering [participle, present], fothered [participle, past], fothered [past]
Etymology: From Middle English fother, fothir, from Old Norse fóðr (cognate to Old English fōdor), from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (compare Dutch voer (“pasture, fodder”), German Futter (“feed”), Swedish foder). Doublet of fodder and foeder. More at food. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fother}} Middle English fother, {{m|enm|fothir}} fothir, {{der|en|non|fóðr}} Old Norse fóðr, {{cog|ang|fōdor}} Old English fōdor, {{der|en|gem-pro|*fōdrą}} Proto-Germanic *fōdrą, {{cog|nl|voer|t=pasture, fodder}} Dutch voer (“pasture, fodder”), {{cog|de|Futter|t=feed}} German Futter (“feed”), {{cog|sv|foder}} Swedish foder, {{doublet|en|fodder}} Doublet of fodder, {{m|en|foeder}} foeder, {{m|en|food}} food Head templates: {{en-verb}} fother (third-person singular simple present fothers, present participle fothering, simple past and past participle fothered)
  1. (dialect) To feed animals (with fother). Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-fother-en-verb-hj28mj5P
  2. (dated, nautical) To stop a leak with oakum or old rope (often by drawing a sail under the hull). Tags: dated Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-fother-en-verb-YwHzT9O4 Topics: nautical, transport

Noun [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈfoːðər/ Forms: fothres [plural]
Etymology: From Old Norse fóðr, from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą. Doublet of fodder. Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|non|fóðr}} Old Norse fóðr, {{der|enm|gem-pro|*fōdrą}} Proto-Germanic *fōdrą, {{doublet|enm|fodder}} Doublet of fodder Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} fother, {{enm-noun|pl=fothres}} fother (plural fothres)
  1. wagonload (that which fits in a wagon)
    Sense id: en-fother-enm-noun-EJsr5oyR
  2. a wildly inconsistent measure of weight primarily used for lead.
    Sense id: en-fother-enm-noun-r6MkCyUc
  3. a great quantity, especially a load or of people. Categories (topical): Units of measure
    Sense id: en-fother-enm-noun-QD2rOKfl Disambiguation of Units of measure: 24 22 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1774-75, Act 14 Geo. III in Brand, Newcastle (1789) I, page 652",
          "text": "Four fother of clod lime, and fifteen fothers of good manure, on each acre."
        },
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          "ref": "1813, “Misc.”, in Ann. Reg., 507/2",
          "text": "20 fothers of additional thickness in clay were thrown in.",
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          "ref": "1840, Tyne songster, The Tyne songster, a choice selection of songs in the Newcastle dialect, page 211",
          "text": "Where the brass hez a' cum fra nebody can tell, / Some says yen thing and some says another - / But whe ever lent Grainger't aw knaw very well, / That they mun have at least had a fother.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 1, page 168",
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        }
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          "base"
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          "standardize"
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          "cartload"
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        [
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        "(historical) A load, a wagonload, especially any various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities."
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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          "ref": "1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, part 1, canto 2",
          "text": "He ripp'd the womb up of his mother, / Dame Tellus, 'cause he wanted fother, / And provender, wherewith to feed / Himself and his less cruel steed.",
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        }
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        "Alternative form of fodder, food for animals."
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        "(dialect) Alternative form of fodder, food for animals."
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}

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      "word": "foþer"
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      "word": "foþere"
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      "word": "voðer"
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      "word": "ffoder"
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