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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fodder \Fod"der\ (f[o^]d"d[~e]r), noun [See 1st {Fother}.] A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 191/2 to 24 cwt.; a fother. [Obs.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fodder \Fod"der\ (f[o^]d"d[~e]r), noun [AS. f[=o]dder, f[=o]ddor, fodder (also sheath case), fr. f[=o]da food; akin to D. voeder, OHG. fuotar, G. futter, Icel. f[=o][eth]r, Sw. & Dan. foder. [root]75. See {Food} and cf. {Forage}, {Fur}.] That which is fed out to cattle horses, and sheep, as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fodder \Fod"der\ (f[o^]d"d[~e]r), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Foddered} (f[o^]d"d[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Foddering}.] To feed, as cattle, with dry food or cut grass, etc.; to furnish with hay, straw, oats, etc.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
fodder
noun: coarse food (especially for cattle and horses) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop
verb: give fodder (to domesticated animals)
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
64 Moby Thesaurus words for "fodder": barley, bed, bed down, bird seed, board, bran, bread, break, bridle, brush, cat food, chicken feed, chop, corn, curry, currycomb, dine, dog food, drench, eatage, ensilage, feed, forage, gentle, grain, grass, gratify, graze, groom, handle, harness, hay, hitch, litter, manage, mash, meal, meat, mess, milk, oats, pasturage, pasture, pet food, provender, provision, regale, rub down, saddle, satisfy, scratch, scratch feed, silage, slops, straw, sustain, swill, tame, tend, train, water, wheat, wine and dine, yoke
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Fodder Heb. belil, (Job 6:5), meaning properly a mixture or medley (Lat. farrago), "made up of various kinds of grain, as wheat, barley, vetches, and the like, all mixed together, and then sown or given to cattle" (Job 24:6, A.V. "corn," R.V. "provender;" Isa. 30:24, provender").
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