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Froth

Froth (froth)
n.(?)
Froth
[OE. frothe, Icel. froða; akin to Dan. fraade, Sw. fradga, AS. 1913 webster dictionaryfreoðan 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 (Zoöl.), the cuckoo spit or frog hopper; -- called also froth spit, froth worm, and froth fly. -- Froth spit. See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo.


Froth

Froth (froth)
v. t.
Froth
  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

Froth (froth)
v. i.
Froth
  1. To throw up or out spume, foam, or bubbles; to foam; as beer froths; a horse froths.













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