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单词 fother
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fothern.

/ˈfɒðə/
Forms: Old English fóðer, Middle English southern voðer, Middle English–1500s fother, fothyr, futher, futhir, (1500s fouther, fowther), Middle English–1600s fuder, fudyr, fudder, Scottish -ir, Middle English–1800s fodder, (Middle English–1500s foder, fodyr, 1500s fodar, 1600s fooder), 1500s–1600s Scottish fidder, Middle English– fother.
Etymology: Old English fóðer strong neuter = Old Saxon fôthar (Middle Dutch voeder , Dutch voer ), Old High German fuodar (Middle High German vuoder , German fuder ) < West Germanic *fôþr(o) ; the continental words mean ‘cartload’, ‘a certain weight supposed to represent a cartload’, ‘a certain measure of wine’ (see fudder n.3). The root is usually believed to be an ablaut variant of faþ- to stretch out: see fathom n.
1.
a. A load; a cart-load (of hay, turf, wood, etc.). Obsolete exc. dialect.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > transport > [noun] > of loads > a load > cartload
fotherOE
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > [noun] > by wheeled vehicle > by cart > load carried by cart
fotherOE
cart-load?c1225
jag1597
court-load1703
OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 852 He scolde gife ilca gear in to þe minstre sixtiga foðra wuda and twælf foður græfan and sex foður gearda.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12857 Ban vnimete. bi atlinge heom þuhte þritti uoðere [c1300 Otho foþer].
c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 532 With hym ther was a Plowman, was his broother That hadde ylad of donge ful many a Foother.
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 6007 Þe sledd it bare so grete fothir.
1469 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 21 Your tenant..hath not gotten but xii foder of hay.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) x. 198 Ane fudyr [1489 Adv. fothyr] greter and weill mor Than eny he broucht that ȝer befor.
1490 Acta Dom. Conc. 181 Withhaldin..fourtj fuder of pettis [= peats] of ane yere bipast.
1568 Wowing Jok & Jynny vii Fyve fidder of raggis to stuff ane jak.
1569 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 307 Lxxx fudders of barke xx l.
1774–5 Act Rights Herbage Freemen Newcastle (14 Geo. III) in J. Brand Hist. & Antiq. Newcastle (1789) I. 652 Four fothers of clod lime and fifteen fothers of good manure on each acre.
1813 Misc. in Ann. Reg. 507/2 20 fothers of additional thickness in clay were thrown in.
1892 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words (at cited word) A fother of muck, or of lime, &c.
figurative.c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 74 Þu hauest imaket foðer to feðerin wið þe sawlen.
b. transferred. A mass; a quantity, ‘lot’.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > [noun] > a quantity or amount
fother13..
minda1325
quantitya1325
bodya1500
qt.1640
volume1702
some deal1710
lot1789
chance1805
mess1809
grist1832
jag1834
mense1841
13.. K. Alis. 1809 Darie..makith thretyng ful a fothir.
a1400 K. Alis. 6467 Heore nether lippe is a foul fother.
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xiii. l. 490 Vnder hem bothe was there fair fothir.
1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid x. Prol. 159 I compt not of thir pagane Goddis ane futhir.
1567 R. Sempill in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. 54 King, Quene, and Lord, thay pas into ane fidder.
?c1600 (c1515) Sc. Field (Lyme) l. 95 in I. F. Baird Poems Stanley Family (D.Phil. thesis, Univ. of Birm.) (1990) 233 There they fell at the first shotte, many a fell fothir.
c. Used for an enormous quantity, a ‘cart-load’ of gold or money.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > large sum
pounda1225
ransom?a1300
fother14..
gob1542
mint1579
king's ransomc1590
abomination1604
coda1680
a pretty (also fine, fair, etc.) penny1710
plunk1767
big money1824
pot1856
big one?1863
a small fortune1874
four figures1893
poultice1902
parcel1903
bundle1905
pretty1909
real money1918
stack1919
packet1922
heavy sugar1926
motza1936
big bucks1941
bomb1958
wedge1977
megadollars1980
squillion1986
bank1995
14.. Partonope App. 3147 Ffor though a man wolde gyfe a fother Of golde he myght not sell to another.
c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1050 Another That coste largely of gold a fother.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 151 Out of thair throttis thay schot on vdder Hett moltin gold, me thocht a fudder.
1863 J. P. Robson Songs Bards of Tyne 287 Where the brass hez a' cum frae nebody can tell..But..they mun have at least had a fother.
2. spec. A definite weight of some specified substance.
a. Of lead: Now usually 19½ cwt.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > units for lead or lead ore
footmeal?a1300
fother1375
formella1690
bing1876
1375–6 in R. E. G. Kirk Acct. Abingdon Abbey (1892) 30 Et ad iactandum xvj vothres vj votmels [printed votinels] plumbi in pondere, Cs.
1463 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 154 My mastyre sent to my lorde a fodyr and di. off leede.
1541 Accts. Ld. High Treasurer Scotl. in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. I. 310 For þe fraucht of thre fidder of leid.
1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 269 Foure of these Loads will make a Fother of Lead of twentie hundreth.
1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. Jiv In both the Peaks the Merchants deal and sell the Lead by Fodders.
1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. x. 168 The charrus contains nearly 19½ hundreds, that is, it corresponds to the fodder, or fother, of modern times.
b. elliptical in to fall as a fother (of lead); hence, a crushing blow.
ΚΠ
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) Orig. draft l. 641 Euery strok þat þou me rauȝt falleþ doun as a foþer.
a1400 Coer de L. 1732 On his head falleth the fother.
c. Of coals: (see quot. 1849).
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > units for coal
fother1607
stand1729
keel1750
society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > coal or types of coal > [noun] > definite weight of
fother1607
1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Hh1/1 Fother, is a weight of twenty hundred, which is a waine or cart loade.
1765 London Chron. 17 Dec. 582 Several fothers of coals this week have been found short of the standard measure.
1849 G. C. Greenwell Gloss. Terms Coal Trade Northumberland & Durham 26 Fother, a measure of coals, being one-third of a chaldron, or 17⅔ cwt.; a good single horse cart load.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

fotherv.

/ˈfɒðə/
Forms: Also 1800s fodder.
Etymology: probably < Dutch voederen (now voeren ), or Low German fodern = German füttern to line (also in Nautical use as below); compare further Old Norse fóðra to line, < Old Germanic *fóđro- sheath, etc. (mentioned under fodder n.: see also fur v., forel n.).
Nautical.
1. transitive. To cover (a sail) thickly with oakum, rope yarn, or other loose material fastened on it, with the view of getting some of it sucked into a leak, over which the sail is to be drawn.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (transitive)] > stop a leak in specific way
fother1789
to shut up1805
to well the ship1820
1789 A. Duncan Mariner's Chron. (1805) IV. 36 The leak began..to gain upon them, a second sail was fothered and got under the bottom.
1790 New Ann. Reg. 1789 263 Fothering it round with oakum, to fill up.
1811 Naval Chron. 25 4 The..sail had been fothered, and drawn under the ship.
1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log I. iii. 129 Get the boatswain to fother a sail then.
2. To stop a leak by this method.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (intransitive)] > specific damage limitation operations
bail1624
to trench the ballast1627
fother1800
1800 Naval Chron. 3 473 By foddering, and those excellent pumps, we kept her above water.
1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 449 The different plans which..had been adopted to stop a leak..were..1. To fother.

Derivatives

ˈfother n. (also fodder) the material used for fothering.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > plugs or packing to keep water out
coat1626
hawse-plug1627
fother1800
shot-plug1867
jackass1889
1800 Naval Chron. 3 473 We could get a sail with fodder over.
ˈfothering n. the action of the verb. Also attributive, as fothering-mat, fothering-sail.
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society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [noun] > damage limitation operations
jettison1426
laving1457
jetsam1641
bailing1682
fothering1769
baling1856
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Fothering, a peculiar method of endeavouring to stop a leak in the bottom of a ship while she is afloat.
1819 J. H. Vaux Memoirs I. 226 Applying what is termed a fothering mat to her bows.
1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 451 A bunch of rope-yarns..might enter some of the larger leaks..through the medium of a fothering sail.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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