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Webster 1913 Edition

Foam

Foam

(fōm)
,
Noun.
[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 the mouth of an animal, by violent agitation or fermentation; froth; spume; scum;
as, the
foam
of the sea
.
Foam cock
,
in steam boilers, a cock at the water level, to blow off impurities.

Foam

(fōm)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Foamed
(fōmd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Foaming
.]
[AS.
fǣman
. See
Foam
,
Noun.
]
1.
To gather foam; to froth;
as, the billows
foam
.
He
foameth
, and gnasheth with his teeth.
Mark ix. 18.
2.
To form foam, or become filled with foam; – said of a steam boiler when the water is unduly agitated and frothy, as because of chemical action.

Foam

(fōm)
,
Verb.
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 13.

Webster 1828 Edition

Foam

FOAM

,
Noun.
[L. fumo, to smoke, to foam.]
Froth; spume; the substance which is formed on the surface of liquors by fermentation or violent agitation, consisting of bubbles.

FOAM

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To froth; to gather foam. The billows foam. A horse foams at the mouth when violently heated.
2.
To be in a rage; to be violently agitated.
He foameth and gnasheth with his teeth. Mark 9.

FOAM

,
Verb.
T.
To throw out with rage or violence; with out.
Foaming out their own shame. Jude 13.

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