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fother


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.

Origin: Cf. Fodder food, and G. Futtern, futtern, to cover within or without, to line. 75.

Source: Websters Dictionary