SPUMES

Noun

spumes

plural of spume

Verb

spumes

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of spume

Anagrams

• mess up, mess-up

Source: Wiktionary


SPUME

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



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(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America


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