fou (fo)

A bushel. [A particular use of fou , a., full.] [Scotch.] I'll none o' your Light Heart fosterlings , no inmates. B. Jonson, New Inn, v. 1. foster ment (fos'tér-ment), n. [ foster1 , v., +-ment.] Food; nourishment. foster-mother (fos'ter-muth" er), n. [ moder , föstor - mōdor , föster -mod or, also fester - moder , etc. (= Icel. föstr -mōdhir = Sw. Dan. foster moder ; cf. D. voedstermoder ), feuage . For my last fou, Laid by for you. A heap it stim part [fill of corn), I'll reserve ane Burns, Auld Farmer's Salutation to his Auld Mare. All thy foster - babes are dead. Byron, Childe Harold, iv. 89. foster-brother (fos'ter-bruth"ėr), n. [ * foster - brother , föstor - brōthor (= Icel. föst brodhir = Sw. Dan. foster bro der ), fostor , foster, + broth or , brother.] A male child nursed at the same breast as another, or reared by the same person, but not the offspring of the same parents. I am tame and bred up with my wrongs, Which are my foster -brother's. Beau, and Fl ., Maid's Tragedy, iv.