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Pronunciation / Transliteration: phodhar
"फोधर वजन की एक पुरानी इकाई है।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An old traditional unit of weight, especially for lead, varying from about 19 to 24 hundredweight.
"The shipment of metal was measured at precisely one fother."
- 1
To pass a sail or canvas packed with oakum and loose material under a ship's bottom to temporarily stop a leak.
"The crew worked quickly to fother the damaged hull before entering the storm."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Old English 'fōþer' meaning a load or cartload, akin to Old High German 'fodar'. Historically used as a unit of weight for lead or other heavy commodities, and later extended to nautical terminology for patching leaks with a sail.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Fother" is said worldwide
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fother
Transliteration: /fɔ.tɛʁ/
"L'ancienne mesure équivalait à un fother de plomb."
Fuder
Transliteration: /ˈfuːdɐ/
"Das Fuder war ein altes Maass für Blei."
fother
Transliteration: /ˈfɔ.ter/
"Il fother era un'antica unità di misura."
fother
Transliteration: /ˈfo.teɾ/
"Antiguamente se medía el plomo en un fother."
fother
Transliteration: /ˈfɔ.teɾ/
"O fother era uma antiga unidade de peso."
फोधर
Transliteration: phodhar
"फोधर वजन की एक पुरानी इकाई है।"
英铅担
Transliteration: yīng qiān dàn
"福瑟是过去计量铅的单位。"
포더
Transliteration: podeo
"포더는 과거 납의 무게를 재던 단위였다."
フォザー
Transliteration: fozā
"フォザーはかつての鉛の重量単位である。"
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