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n. [A-S. fām, O. & N. H. Ger. feim, Up. Ger. faum, M. H. Ger. veim, allied to Lat. spuma for pumu, Skr. phēna, Slav. pjena.] The aggregation of bubbles which is formed on the surface of liquors by fermentation or violent agitation; froth; spume.
[imp. & p. p. FOAMED; p. pr. & vb. n. FOAMING.] [A-S. fāman, O. H. Ger. feiman, N. H. Ger. feimen. See supra.] 1. To froth; to gather foam; as, the billows foam. “He foams at mouth.” Shak. 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.
v. t. 1. To throw out with rage or violence, as foam; — with out. “Foaming out their own shame.” Jude 13. 2. To cause to foam; to fill with something that foams; as, to foam the goblet. Pope.