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Pronunciation : Froth
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. frothe, Icel. frotha; akin to Dan. fraade, Sw. fradga, AS. afreothan to froth.]
Definition : 1. The bubbles caused in fluids or liquors by fermentation or agitation; spume; foam; esp., a spume of saliva caused by disease or nervous excitement.

2. Any empty, senseless show of wit or eloquence; rhetoric without thought. Johnson. It was a long speech, but all froth. L'Estrange.

3. Light, unsubstantial matter. Tusser. Froth insect (Zo?l.), the cuckoo spit or frog hopper; -- called also froth spit, froth worm, and froth fly. -- Froth spit. See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Froth
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To cause to foam.

2. To spit, vent, or eject, as froth. He . . . froths treason at his mouth. Dryden. Is your spleen frothed out, or have ye more Tennyson.

3. To cover with froth; as, a horse froths his chain.

t. [imp. & p. p. Frothed; p. pr. & vb. n.. Frothing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Froth
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To throw up or out spume, foam, or bubbles; to foam; as beer froths; a horse froths.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913