[fod-er] 
| 1. | coarse food for livestock, composed of entire plants, including leaves, stalks, and grain, of such forages as corn and sorghum. |
| 2. | people considered as readily available and of little value: cannon fodder. |
| 3. | raw material: fodder for a comedian's routine. |
| 4. | to feed with or as if with fodder. |
| fod·der (fŏd'ər) n.
To feed with fodder. [Middle English, from Old English fōdor; see pā- in Indo-European roots.] |
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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