- 1. n. A wagonload; a load of any sort. Source: opted
- 2. n. See Fodder, a unit of weight. Source: opted
- 3. v. t. 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. Source: opted
- 4. 1. A wagonload; a load of any sort. [Obs.] Of dung full many a fother. Chaucer. 2. See Fodder, a unit of weight. 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. Source: webster
- 5. To stop (a leak in a ship at sea) by drawing under its bottom athrummed sail, so that the pressure of the water may force it intothe crack. Totten. Source: adambom
- 6. n. A wagonload; a load of any sort. n. See Fodder, a unit of weight. v. t. 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. Source: ecdict
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