Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An obsolete or dialectal form of
fathom .
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Examples
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"I am sorry to suggest mortality, but I was trying to let my imagination play a little on the eternal novelty of travel, and you have dropped me down 'full faddom five.'"
The Port of Missing Men Meredith Nicholson 1906
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"I cannot faddom you the nicht any more than I can faddom what ye say," said Marg'ret.
Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago Margaret 1891
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But what for ye wad hae 's come here to oor cracks (conversation), I canna faddom.
Malcolm George MacDonald 1864
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'Eh, laddie!' said Mrs. Falconer, the first greetings over, 'ane 's ta'en an' anither 's left! but what for 's mair nor I can faddom.
Robert Falconer George MacDonald 1864
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An inch o 'gude luck is worth a faddom o' forecast.
The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836
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"Bless me!" said Marg'ret with alarm, "who would meddle with the laddie's linen? but you're meaning something mair than meets the eye," she added, with a pat upon the girl's shoulder; "I'll maybe faddom it by and by.
Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago Margaret 1891
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