Found'er1, n.
n. One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom any thing originates; one who endows.
5 entries under this word
Founder
Found'er2, n.
n. One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or printing-types.
Found'er3, v. i.
[imp. & p. p. FOUNDERED; p. pr. & vb. n. FOUNDERING.] [O. Fr. fondrer, afondrer, effondrer, afonder, effonder, to sink, plunge, overturn, break, s'esfondrer, s'esfundrer, to addict one's self, from fond, Lat. fundus; Pr. esfondrar, esfondar, efondar, to overturn, precipitate. See FOUND.]
Sense 1. (Naut.) To fill or be filled with water, and sink, as a ship; hence, to fail; to miscarry. Shak.
Sense 2. To trip; to fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.
For which his horse for fear 'gan to turn, And leapt aside, and foundered as he lepe. Chaucer.
Found'er4, v. t.
v. t. To cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs of, so as to disable or lame;—said of a horse. I have foundered nine score and odd posts. Shak.
Found'er5, n.
n. (Far.) (a.) A lameness occasioned by inflammation in the foot of a horse. (b.) An inflammatory fever of the body, or acute rheumatism; as, chest-founder. White.