fot1t, fotet

Middle English forms of foot. fot2t, v. t. A dialectal variation of fet1. fotherl (foTH'er), n. [Also written fodder, dial. fudder; With him ther was a ploughman, was his brother, That hadde ilad of dong ful many a fother. Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. Т., 1. 530. They [kings] by God are destined to be the protect ours 2t. Aload; weight; burden; ma . of church, the patrons of religion, the fosterers and cherishers of truth, of virtue, of piety. Barrow , Works, I. x. Same as fostre . foster e (fos'ter-es), n. foster-father (fos'ter-fä"Ther), n. [ ter - fader ter - fader , dhir = Sw. Dan. foster fader ; cf. D. voedsterva- der ), föster , fostor , foster, + fæder , father.] One who takes the place of a father in nour- ishing and rearing a child; a nurse's husband. Faine would she [Esther] uncase her foster - father [Mor- decai] of these mourn full weeds, and change his sack cloth for ti ue. Bp . Hall , Haman Disrespected. AS. foster - fæder (= Icel. föstrfa The ordinary foster - father was bound by the law to give education of some kind to his foster-children. Maine, Early Hist. of Institutions, p. 243. foster hood (fos'ter-hud), n. [ foster1 + -hood .] The state or condition of fostering or being fostered; the relation established by fosterage. foster-land (fos'ter-land), n. [ föstorland , fösterland , fostor , provision, feeding, foster,+ land , land. Cf. Icel. föstrland = Sw. Dan. fos terland, native country.] 1t. In Anglo - Saxon law , land a igned for maintenance or the procuring of provisions, as for a monastery.-2. The land of one's adoption. Many man weeneth to grieve other, And on his head falleth the fother . Richard Coer de Lion , 1. 1731. Heore nether lippe is a foul fother. King A lisa under, 1. 6467. 3. An old unit of weight for lead, lime, and some other substances; a two-horse cart-load. A fother of lead varies from 19 to 224 hundredweight, each hundredweight being usually 120 pounds avoirdupois. At Newcastle in England a fother is a third of a chaldron; and in American lead-mines the word is sometimes used for a short ton. =