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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume FH

-- Foal teeth (Zoöl.), the first set of teeth of a horse.

-- In foal, With foal, being with young; pregnant; -- said of a mare or she ass.

Foal, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foaled (fōld); p. pr. & vb. n. Foaling.] To bring forth (a colt); -- said of a mare or a she ass.

Foal, v. i. To bring forth young, as an animal of the horse kind.

Foal"foot` (-ft`), n. (Bot.) See Coltsfoot.

Foam (fōm), n. [OE. fam, fom, AS. fām; 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.

Foam, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Foamed (fōmd); p. pr. & vb. n. 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.

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.

Foam"ing·ly (?), adv. With foam; frothily.

Foam"less, a. Having no foam.

Foam"y (-ē), a. Covered with foam; frothy; spumy.

Behold how high the foamy billows ride!
Dryden.

Fob (fŏb), n. [Cf. Prov. G. fuppe pocket.] A little pocket for a watch.

-- Fob chain, a short watch chain worn with a watch carried in the fob.

Fob (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fobbed (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Fobbing.] [Cf.Fop.]


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