FOAM, FOAMING, FOAMY
ADJECTIVES
► having the appearance of froth or foam → SPUMOUS 1400
► having the appearance of froth or foam → SPUMOSE 1576
► covered with foam or froth → FRORY 1600 obs.
► foamy, frothy, like troubled water → YEASTY 1605
► foaming at the mouth, like a madman → IMBOSTED 1628 obs.
► foaming → SUDDING 1633 obs.
► foamy, frothy → SPUMEOUS 1635 obs.
► foamy, frothy → SPUMID 1656 obs.
► that bears foam, froth, or scum → SPUMIFEROUS 1656 obs.
► foaming, frothing → REAMING 1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► having the appearance of foam or froth → SPUMESCENT 1856
NOUNS
► foam, froth, frothy matter → SPUME 1390
► the foam that covers the surface of liquor → MANTLE 1601 obs.
► foam or froth, as of troubled water → YEAST 1601 obs.
► frothiness; a being foamy → SPUMESCENCE 1794
► the head or foam on a glass of ale; ale, strong beer → NAP 1804 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► a confused turmoil of foam or water → SMOTHER 1840
► foam or froth collected on water → BEGGAR’S BALM • BEGGAR’S BARM 1870 Eng. dial.
► soap suds, foam-bubbles → SAPPLE 1887 Sc.
VERBS
► to foam, to froth → SPUME 1400
► to foam, as a result of hard running → IMBOST 1590 obs.
► to foam → SUD 1603 obs.
► to foam, to froth; to bubble; to overflow → REAM 1773 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► to froth, to foam → HEAD UP Bk1902 Eng. dial.
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