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FROTHED
Verb
frothed
simple past tense and past participle of froth
Source: Wiktionary
FROTH
Froth, n. Etym: [OE. frothe, Icel. frotha; akin to Dan. fraade, Sw. fradga, AS. afreothan 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, v. 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, v. i.
Definition: To throw up or out spume, foam, or bubbles; to foam; as beer froths; a horse froths.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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