| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb fother.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (fother) | 1. 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.[Websters]. 2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: fothering, fothered, fothers, fotherer, fotherers, fotheringly and fotheredly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. | Top | |
Date "FOTHERING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: FOTHERING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Stopping leaks, as above. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
