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

  1. Fother as a noun (obsolete):

    A wagonload.

  2. Fother as a noun (obsolete):

    A load of any sort.

  3. Fother as a noun (historical):

    A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities.

  4. Fother as a noun (dialect):

    , food for animals.

  1. Fother as a verb (dialect):

    To feed animals (with fother).

  2. Fother as a verb (dated, nautical):

    To stop a leak with oakum or old rope (often by drawing a sail under the hull).

  1. Fotmal as a noun (obsolete):

    An old English unit of weight of 70 pounds, used particularly for lead