Foam (?), n. [OE. fam, fom, AS. f?m; akin to OHG. & G. feim.]
The white substance, consisting of an aggregation of bubbles, which is formed on the surface of liquids,or in the mouth of an animal, by violent agitation or fermentation; froth; spume; scum; as, the foam of the sea.
Foam cock, in steam boilers, a cock at the water level, to blow off impurities.
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Foam (?), v.i. [imp.& p.p. Foamed (#); p. pr. & vb. n.pos> Foaming.] [AS. f?man. See Foam, n.]
1.
To gather foam; to froth; as, the billows foam.
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, as because of chemical action
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Foam (?), v.t.
To cause to foam; as,to foam the goblet; also (with out), to throw out with rage or violence, as foam.
"Foaming out their own shame."
Jude 13.
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