spume
(noun) foam or froth on the sea
froth, spume, suds
(verb) make froth or foam and become bubbly; “The river foamed”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
spume (countable and uncountable, plural spumes)
Foam or froth of liquid, particularly that of seawater.
spume (third-person singular simple present spumes, present participle spuming, simple past and past participle spumed)
To froth.
• pumse
Source: Wiktionary
Spume, n. Etym: [L. spuma. Cf. Pumice, Spoom.]
Definition: Frothy matter raised on liquids by boiling, effervescence, or agitation; froth; foam; scum. Materials dark and crude, Of spiritous and fiery spume. Milton.
Spume, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Spumed; p. pr. & vb. n. Spuming.] Etym: [L. spumare.]
Definition: To froth; to foam.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
