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51Spoom — (sp[=oo]m), v. i. [Probably fr. spume foam. See {Spume}.] (Naut.) To be driven steadily and swiftly, as before a strong wind; to be driven before the wind without any sail, or with only a part of the sails spread; to scud under bare poles.… …
52spoon — Spoom Spoom (sp[=oo]m), v. i. [Probably fr. spume foam. See {Spume}.] (Naut.) To be driven steadily and swiftly, as before a strong wind; to be driven before the wind without any sail, or with only a part of the sails spread; to scud under bare… …
53Sea foam — For other uses, see Sea foam (disambiguation). Sea foam in San Francisco. Sea foam, ocean foam, beach foam, or spume is a type of foam created by the agitation of seawater, particularly when it contains higher concentrations of dissolved organic… …
54spumaire — ⇒SPUMAIRE, adj. et subst. fém. I. Adj., vieilli. ,,Qui ressemble à de l écume (Ac. Compl. 1842). II. Subst. fém., BOT. Champignon du groupe des Myxomycètes parasite des chaumes des graminées. J en connais un [« chapeau » de champignon], celui du… …
55bubble — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. globule, blob. See rotundity, deception. v. i. effervesce, boil, gurgle. See agitation, transientness, water. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. globule, sac, air bubble, soap bubble, balloon, droplet, foam,… …
56spray — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. spindrift, spume, scud; fusillade, barrage; sprinkler, atomizer; sprig. v. t. sprinkle, atomize; pepper, riddle (with bullets). See vapor, vegetable, dispersion. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. splash,… …
57foam — [OE] Foam is an ancient word, with several relatives widespread among the Indo European languages, all denoting generally ‘substance made up of bubbles’: Latin pūmex, for instance, from which English gets pumice, and probably Latin spūma, from… …
58pumice — [15] Pumice comes via Old French pomis from Latin pūmex ‘pumice’. This went back to a prehistoric Indo European *poimo , source also of English foam and of Latin spūma ‘foam, froth’ (from which English gets spume). => FOAM, SPUME …
59foam — I. n. Froth, spume. spray. II. v. n. Froth, spume …
60froth — I. n. 1. Spume, foam. 2. Triviality, nonsense, empty show, mere words, balderdash, trash, flummery, bosh (colloq.). II. v. a. 1. Cause to foam, cover with foam or spume. 2. Emit as foam, give vent to frothily. III. v. n …
