Hypertext Webster Gateway: "foam"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Foam
(Hos. 10:7), the rendering of _ketseph_, which properly means
twigs or splinters (as rendered in the LXX. and marg. R.V.). The
expression in Hosea may therefore be read, "as a chip on the
face of the water," denoting the helplessness of the piece of
wood as compared with the irresistable current.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Foam \Foam\, v.i. [imp. & p. p. {Foamed}; 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Foam \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Foam \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
foam
n 1: a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid [syn: {froth}]
2: a lightweight material in cellular form; made by introducing
gas bubbles during manufacture
v 1: of liquids; "The boiling soup was frothing" [syn: {froth}, {fizz},
{effervesce}, {sparkle}]
2: foam as if boiling; "a seething liquid" [syn: {seethe}]
3: make froth, become bubbly; "The river foamed" [syn: {froth},
{spume}, {suds}]
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