Fodder

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fodder \Fod"der\ (f[o^]d"d[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foddered}
     (f[o^]d"d[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Foddering}.]
     To feed, as cattle, with dry food or cut grass, etc.; to
     furnish with hay, straw, oats, etc.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fodder \Fod"der\ (f[o^]d"d[~e]r), n. [See 1st {Fother}.]
     A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly
     sold, in England, varying from 191/2 to 24 cwt.; a fother.
     [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fodder \Fod"der\ (f[o^]d"d[~e]r), n. [AS. f[=o]dder, f[=o]ddor,
     fodder (also sheath case), fr. f[=o]da food; akin to D.
     voeder, OHG. fuotar, G. futter, Icel. f[=o][eth]r, Sw. & Dan.
     foder. [root]75. See {Food} and cf. {Forage}, {Fur}.]
     That which is fed out to cattle horses, and sheep, as hay,
     cornstalks, vegetables, etc.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fodder
       n : coarse food (especially for cattle and horses) composed of
           entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop
       v : give fodder (to domesticated animals)

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  64 Moby Thesaurus words for "fodder":
     barley, bed, bed down, bird seed, board, bran, bread, break,
     bridle, brush, cat food, chicken feed, chop, corn, curry,
     currycomb, dine, dog food, drench, eatage, ensilage, feed, forage,
     gentle, grain, grass, gratify, graze, groom, handle, harness, hay,
     hitch, litter, manage, mash, meal, meat, mess, milk, oats,
     pasturage, pasture, pet food, provender, provision, regale,
     rub down, saddle, satisfy, scratch, scratch feed, silage, slops,
     straw, sustain, swill, tame, tend, train, water, wheat,
     wine and dine, yoke
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Fodder
     Heb. belil, (Job 6:5), meaning properly a mixture or medley
     (Lat. farrago), "made up of various kinds of grain, as wheat,
     barley, vetches, and the like, all mixed together, and then sown
     or given to cattle" (Job 24:6, A.V. "corn," R.V. "provender;"
     Isa. 30:24, provender").