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4 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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