The difference between Fother and Fotmal
When used as nouns, fother means a wagonload, whereas fotmal means an old english unit of weight of 70 pounds, used particularly for lead.
Fother is also verb with the meaning: to feed animals (with fother).
check bellow for the other definitions of Fother and Fotmal
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Fother as a noun (obsolete):
A wagonload.
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Fother as a noun (obsolete):
A load of any sort.
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Fother as a noun (historical):
A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities.
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Fother as a noun (dialect):
, food for animals.
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Fother as a verb (dialect):
To feed animals (with fother).
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Fother as a verb (dated, nautical):
To stop a leak with oakum or old rope (often by drawing a sail under the hull).
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Fotmal as a noun (obsolete):
An old English unit of weight of 70 pounds, used particularly for lead