Fod"der (f&obreve;d"d&etilde;r), n. [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, n. [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, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foddered (-d&etilde;rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Foddering.] To feed, as cattle, with dry food or cut grass, etc.; to furnish with hay, straw, oats, etc.

• Food for animals
  
• A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 19 1/2 to 24 cwt.; a fother.
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       *1866: Now measured by the old hundred, that is, 108 lbs. the charrus contains nearly 19 1/2 hundreds, that is it corresponds to the fodder, or fother, of modern times. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 1, p. 168.