Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Spume"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spume \Spume\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Spumed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Spuming}.] [L. spumare.]
To froth; to foam.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spume \Spume\, n. [L. spuma. Cf. {Pumice}, {Spoom}.]
Frothy matter raised on liquids by boiling, effervescence, or
agitation; froth; foam; scum.
Materials dark and crude, Of spiritous and fiery spume.
--Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
spume
n : foam or froth on the sea
v : make froth, become bubbly; "The river foamed" [syn: {foam},
{froth}, {suds}]
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