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[A. S. fodor.] Fodder. fother, v. t. [A. S. fódor, foddor =(1) food, (2) a cover; Ger. füttern =to cover, to case, to line; futter =a lining.] Naut .: To stop a leak at sea by letting down a sail by the corners, and putting chopped yarn, oakum, wool, cotton, ., between it and the ship's sides. foth-er-ing, pr. par., a. & s. [FOTHER, v.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) IMG:content-0080.png:[blocks in formation] fou-atse, fouets, fouse, fows, s. pl. [FOOSE.] Fou-cault (ault asō), s. [M. Foucault, a French natural philosopher.] Foucault's pendulum, s. A pendulum for rendering visible the diurnal motion of the earth. It consists of a bob suspended from a considerable height, say the center of the dome of the Pantheon Capitol, and set vibrating above a circular table marked with degrees. Owing to a certain independence of motion which the bob po e es, vibrat ing, as it were, in space, the earth in its diurnal motion turns round beneath it, as is evidenced by the apparent change of direction of the bob relatively to the graduated table. *fou-dre, *foul-der, s. [O. Fr. fuldre , fouldre , foudre, from Lat. fulgur .] Lightning.