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Webster 1913 Edition

Fodder

Fod′der

(fŏd′dẽr)
,
Noun.
[See 1st
Fother
.]
A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 19½ to 24 cwt.; a fother.
[Obs.]

Fod′der

(fŏd′dẽr)
,
Noun.
[AS.
fōdder
, fōddor, fodder (also sheath case), fr.
fōda
food; akin to D.
voeder
, OHG.
fuotar
, G.
futter
, Icel.
fōðr
, Sw. & Dan.
foder
. √75. See
Food
and cf.
Forage
,
Fur
.]
That which is fed out to cattle horses, and sheep, as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.

Fod′der

(fŏd′dẽr)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Foddered
(fŏd′dẽrd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Foddering
.]
To feed, as cattle, with dry food or cut grass, etc.; to furnish with hay, straw, oats, etc.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fodder

FOD'DER

, n.
1.
Food or dry food for cattle, horses and sheep, as hay, straw and other kinds of vegetables. The word is never applied to pasture.
2.
In mining, a measure containing 20 hundred, or 22 1/2 hundred.

FOD'DER

,
Verb.
T.
To feed with dry food, or cut grass, &c.; to furnish with hay, straw, oats, &c. Farmers fodder their cattle twice or thrice in a day.

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