Fothering

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

  Fother \Foth"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fothered}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Fothering}.] [Cf. {Fodder} food, and G. f["u]ttern,
     futtern, to cover within or without, to line. [root]75.]
     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. --Totten.


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