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Foam

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.

Origin: as. F?man. See foam, n.