Webster's Dictionary 1913

2539

Foam

Foam (fōm), n. [OE. fam, fom, AS. fām; akin to OHG. & G. feim.] The white substance, consisting of an aggregation of bubbles, which is formed on the surface of liquids, or in th...

2540

Foam (2)

Foam, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Foamed (fōmd); p. pr. & vb. n.Foaming.] [AS. f?man. See Foam, n.] 1. To gather foam; to froth; as, the billows foam.He foameth, and gnasheth with his te...

2541

Foam (3)

Foam, v. t. To cause to foam; as, to foam the goblet; also (with out), to throw out with rage or violence, as foam. “Foaming out their own shame.” Jude Jude

2542

Foamingly

Foam″ing‐ly (?), adv. With foam; frothily.

2543

Foamless

Foam″less, a. Having no foam.

2544

Foamy

Foam″y (–t̆), a. Covered with foam; frothy; spumy.Behold how high the foamy billows ride! Dryden.

2545

Fob

Fob (fŏb), n. [Cf. Prov. G. fuppe pocket.] A little pocket for a watch.Fob chain, a short watch chain worn with a watch carried in the fob.

2546

Fob (2)

Fob (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Fobbed (#); p. pr. & vb. n.Fobbing.]1. To beat; to maul.2. To cheat; to trick; to impose on. Shak.To fob off, to shift off by an artifice; to put asi...

2547

Focal

Fo″cal (?), a. [Cf. F. focal. See Focus.] Belonging to,or concerning, a focus; as, a focal point.Focal distance, or length, of a lens or mirror(Opt.), the distance of the focus ...

2548

Focalization

Fo′cal‐i‐za″tion (?), n. The act of focalizing or bringing to a focus, or the state of being focalized.

2549

Focalize

Fo″cal‐ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Focalized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Focalizing (?).] To bring to a focus; to focus; to concentrate.Light is focalized in the eye, sound in the ear. ...

2550

Focillate

Foc″il‐late (?), v. t. [L. focilatus, p. p. of focillare.] To nourish. Blount.

2551

Focillation

Foc′il‐la″tion (?), n. Comfort; support.

2552

Focimeter

Fo‐cim″e‐ter (?), n. [Focus + -meter.] (Photog.) An assisting instrument for focusing an object in or before a camera. Knight.

2553

Focus

Fo″cus (?), n.; pl. E. Focuses (#), L. Foci (#). [L. focus hearth, fireplace; perh. akin to E. bake. Cf. Curfew, Fuel, Fusil the firearm.] 1. (Opt.) A point in which the rays of...

2554

Focus (2)

Fo″cus (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Focused (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Focusing.] To bring to a focus; to focalize; as, to focus a camera. R. Hunt.

2555

Fodder

Fod″der (fŏd″dẽr), 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.

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Fodder (2)

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,...

2557

Fodder (3)

Fod″der, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Foddered (–dẽrd); p. pr. & vb. n.Foddering.] To feed, as cattle, with dry food or cut grass, etc.; to furnish with hay, straw, oats, etc.

2558

Fodderer

Fod″der‐er (?), n. One who fodders cattle.

2559

Fodient

Fo″di‐ent (?), a. [L. fodiens, p. pr. of fodere to dig.] Fitted for, or pertaining to, digging.

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Fodient (2)

Fo″di‐ent (?), n.(Zoöl.) One of the Fodientia.

2561

Fodientia

Fo′di‐en″ti‐a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. fodiens p. pr., digging.] (Zoöl.) A group of African edentates including the aard-vark.

2562

Foe

Foe (fō), n. [OE. fo, fa, AS. fāh hostile; prob. akin to E. fiend. √81. See Fiend, and cf. Feud a quarrel.]1. One who entertains personal enmity, hatred, grudge, or malice, agai...

2563

Foe (2)

Foe (?), v. t. To treat as an enemy. Spenser.

2564

Foehn

‖Foehn (?), n. [G. dial. (Swiss), fr. L. Favonius west wind. Cf. Favonian.] (Meteor.) (a) A warm dry wind that often blows in the northern valleys of the Alps, due to the indrau...

2565

Foehood

Foe″hood (?), n. Enmity. Bp. Bedell.