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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1400, 1473-1603
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Futher, Futhir, n. Also: futhyr, fouther, fither, -ir. [ME. fothir, fother, OE. fóður, fóðer. Cf. Fudder n. and Fidder n.]
1. A cart-load (of peats, turf, or hay).1400 Misc. Spald. C. V. 15.
Iniuste ab eo duxit sex futhris petarum. Alexander … concessit abductionem unius futhir 1473 Reg. Cupar A. I. 187.
Tha sal cast … the sext pairt of xx scoris of futheris of petis 1473 Ib. 188.
Tha sal lede … xiiijxx of futhyris of turvys and petis 1478 Acts Lords Auditors 82/1.
[They shall pay for] xx futhir haye x markis
2. A certain weight of lead.1474 Cart. S. Nich. Aberd. 331/2.
Thre futhir of lede, ilke futhir contenand sex score of stanys
3. A number or company of persons.(a) c1500-c1512 Dunb. xiii. 13.
Ane commoun doar of transgressioun Of innocent folkis prevenis a futher 1530 Lynd. Test. Pap. 1154.
The feind resave the fouther 15.. Christis Kirk 200 (M).
Dic with ane ax Come furth to fell ane futher 1540 Lynd. Sat. 168.
Of fatheris sho maid me ane futher 1540 Ib. 943. 1581 Satirical Poems xliv. 165.
I can not mark tua meater of the futher(b) 1540 Lynd. Sat. 673.
Of sic freindship I had ane fither 1603 Philotus iv.
Quha brocht thir kittocks hither? The mekill feind resaue the fithir