Hypertext Webster Gateway: "foundering"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Founder \Found"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Foundered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Foundering}.] [OF. fondrer to fall in, cf. F.
s'effondrer, fr. fond bottom, L. fundus. See {Found} to
establish.]
1. (Naut.) To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship.
2. To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.
For which his horse fear['e] gan to turn, And leep
aside, and foundrede as he leep. --Chaucer.
3. To fail; to miscarry. ``All his tricks founder.'' --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
foundering
n : (of a ship) sinking [syn: {going under}]
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