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Froth (?), n. [OE. frothe, Icel. froða; akin to Dan. fraade, Sw. fradga, AS. &ā;freoðan to froth.]
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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.
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2. Any empty, senseless show of wit or eloquence; rhetoric without thought. Johnson.
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It was a long speech, but all froth. L'Estrange.
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3. Light, unsubstantial matter. Tusser.
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Froth insect (Zo&ö;l.), the cuckoo spit or frog hopper; -- called also froth spit, froth worm, and froth fly. -- Froth spit. See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo.
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Froth, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frothed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.. Frothing.] 1. To cause to foam.
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2. To spit, vent, or eject, as froth.
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He . . . froths treason at his mouth. Dryden.
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Is your spleen frothed out, or have ye more? Tennyson.
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3. To cover with froth; as, a horse froths his chain.
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Froth, v. i. To throw up or out spume, foam, or bubbles; to foam; as beer froths; a horse froths.
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