FOTHER (2)

Foth″er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fothered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fothering.] [[Cf. Fodder food, and G. füttern, futtern, to cover within or without, to line. √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.