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(), n.[OE. frothe, Icel. froa; akin to Dan. fraade, Sw. fradga, AS. freoan 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 (Zol.), the cuckoo spit or frog hopper; -- called also froth spit, froth worm, and froth fly. Froth spit. See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo. 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. Froth v. i.To throw up or out spume, foam, or bubbles; to foam; as beer froths; a horse froths. スポンサード リンク
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