Hypertext Webster Gateway: "froth"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Froth \Froth\, n. [OE. frothe, Icel. fro[eth]a; akin to Dan.
fraade, Sw. fradga, AS. [=a]freo[eth]an to froth.]
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["o]l.), the cuckoo spit or frog hopper; --
called also {froth spit}, {froth worm}, and {froth fly}.
{Froth spit}. See {Cuckoo spit}, under Cuckoo.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Froth \Froth\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frothed}; p. pr. & vb. n..
{Frothing}.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Froth \Froth\, v. i.
To throw up or out spume, foam, or bubbles; to foam; as beer
froths; a horse froths.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
froth
n : a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid [syn: {foam}]
v 1: of liquids; "The boiling soup was frothing" [syn: {foam}, {fizz},
{effervesce}, {sparkle}]
2: make froth, become bubbly; "The river foamed" [syn: {foam},
{spume}, {suds}]
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