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Webster 1913 Edition

Froth

Froth

,
Noun.
[OE.
frothe
, Icel.
froða
; akin to Dan.
fraade
, Sw.
fradga
, AS.
āfreoðan
to froth.]
1.
The bubbles caused in fluids or liquors by fermentation or agitation; spume; foam; esp., a spume of saliva caused by disease or nervous excitement.
2.
Any empty, senseless show of wit or eloquence; rhetoric without thought.
Johnson.
It was a long speech, but all
froth
.
L’Estrange.
3.
Light, unsubstantial matter.
Tusser.
Froth insect
(Zool.)
,
the cuckoo spit or frog hopper; – called also
froth spit
,
froth worm
, and
froth fly
.
–
Froth spit
.
See
Cuckoo spit
, under Cuckoo.

Froth

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Frothed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
.
Frothing
.]
1.
To cause to foam.
2.
To spit, vent, or eject, as froth.
He . . .
froths
treason at his mouth.
Dryden.
Is your spleen
frothed
out, or have ye more?
Tennyson.
3.
To cover with froth;
as, a horse
froths
his chain
.

Froth

,
Verb.
I.
To throw up or out spume, foam, or bubbles; to foam; as beer froths; a horse froths.

Webster 1828 Edition

Froth

FROTH

,
Noun.
frauth. [Gr.]
1.
Spume; foam; the bubbles causes in liquors by fermentation or agitation.
2.
Any empty, senseless show of wit or eloquence.
3.
Light, unsubstantial matter.

FROTH

,
Verb.
T.
To cause to foam.

FROTH

,
Verb.
I.
To foam; to throw up spume; to throw out foam or bubbles. Beer froths in fermentation. The sea froths when violently agitated. A horse froths at the mouth when heated.

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