frothn.

Brit.

/frɒθ/,

/frɔːθ/, U.S.

/frɔθ/,

/frɑθ/

Forms: Middle English frooth, froþe, Middle English–1500s frothe, 1500s–1700s froath, Middle English– froth.

Etymology: Not found in Old English; perhaps < Old Norse froða weak feminine (Danish fraade; the relation of Swedish fradga is obscure), related to the synonymous Old Norse frauð neuter; the root (Old Germanic *freuþ-, frauþ-, frud-) appears in Old English á-fréoðan to froth. Possibly the English word represents both Old Norse frauð and froða; for the later shortening compare cloth.

a. The aggregation of small bubbles formed in liquids by agitation, fermentation, effervescence, etc.; foam, spume; = foam n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > [noun] > foam or froth

foama700

scuma1250

frothc1384

spume1390

rial1440

escume1527

suds1592

balderdash1596

yeasta1616

cremor1657

cream1669

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Hosea x. 7 Samarie made his king for to passe, as frooth on the face of water.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 180/2 Frothe, spuma.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 223/1 Frothe of an egge, glette.

1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. B2 Venus was feigned by the Poets to spring of the froathe of the Seas.

1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xvi. 106 Untill it bubble and rise into a froath.

1673 N. Grew Idea Phytol. Hist. ii. iii. 66 The froth of Beer or Eggs.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 177 The Water was all a white Foam of Froth.

1795 J. Dalrymple Let. to Admiralty 4 It would prevent the Yeast, or, as it is commonly called, the Froth, from bubbling over.

1803 Dr. Garnett in Gazetteer Scotl. at Dovan This second caldron is always covered with a foam or froth.

1886 E. Whitaker Tip Cat (new ed.) xxii. 300 She..had shaken the bottle so vigourusly [sic] that its contents were more than half froth.

figurative and in extended use.1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 108 Through the resistyng of the froath and enticementes of sinne.1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi i. §3. 24 The doting froth of a wittie brain.1676 J. Dryden Aureng-Zebe (1685) v. 71 Forgive those foolish words—They were the froth my raging folly mov'd When it boil'd up.1692 T. Wagstaffe Vindic. King Charles Introd. 11 My end is..to blow off that Froth, that has been thrown on his Memory.1824 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. I. i. 9 Society is froth above and dregs below.1878 J. Morley Carlyle 194 The lees and froth of common humanity.

b. spec. Foaming saliva issuing from the mouth.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > discharge or flux > [noun] > foaming at mouth

foamc900

frothc1400

foaming1574

sialorrhœa1846

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1572 Þe froþe femed at his mouth vnfayre bi þe wykeȝ, Whetteȝ his whyte tuscheȝ.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxv. x. 542 The froth which fell from his [a dog's] mouth as hee panted and blowed almost windlesse with running.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Froth..is a moist white matter that oozes from a horse's mouth.

1885 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Froth, bronchial, the tenacious frothy secretion expectorated in some cases of asthma..and other affections of the respiratory organs.

c. Extraneous or impure matter rising to the surface of liquids during boiling, etc.; scum.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [noun] > specific impurities > scum > types of scum

motherc1485

froth1541

motheriness1742

laitance1909

1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) ii. xviii. 134 That [water], wherof commeth least skimme or froth, whan it doth boyle.

1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xvi. 107 In wine which is in the Must..a thinner substance, which is the flower, and may be called the scum, or froath.

1832 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. (ed. 2) 169 To skim off the froth collected on the surface.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 193 Its name recalling its origin as the froth or scum of lava.

1883 J. T. Taylor Hardwich's Man. Photogr. Chem. (ed. 9) 363 A mixture is made of Gelatine, Albumen, [etc.]..the ingredients being well beaten together; when the froth has settled down the mixture is filtered.

a. Something comparable to ‘froth’ as being unsubstantial or of little worth.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > insubstantial

triflec1290

vainc1330

winda1382

vapour1382

gossamer?a1400

visevase1481

good morrow1542

cobweb1579

superficial1579

puff1583

bladder1589

blathery1591

froth1594

bag of winda1599

moth1600

nominala1625

tumour1630

windlestraw1637

vacuity1648

balloon1656

blank1678

breath bubble1835

nominality1842

fluff1906

cotton candy1931

1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. C2 What win I if I gaine the thing I seeke?..a froth of fleeting ioy.

1603 W. Alexander Trag. of Darius i. Chorus sig. B3^v Drunk with frothes of pleasure.

1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. xvii. 210 Nothing but froth, childishnesse and vncertanetie.

1686 A. Horneck Crucified Jesus xxii. 629 When thou hast delighted in froth, and idle talk.

1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iii. iii. ii. 185/1 It was Food and not Froth; which in his publick Sermons, he entertained the Souls of his People with.

1783 H. Blair Lect. Rhetoric I. xviii. 382 There is no froth nor affectation in it.

†b. Applied to what is tender or immature.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > age > youth > [noun] > a young one

youngOE

planta1393

frotha1420

immature1866

a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 2270 We Romayns þat þey han in prison loke, Ben but ȝonge froth, vnlernëd in batayle, And othir feble folk with age I-broke.

1557 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandrie sig. B.iiii Eate vp thy veale, pig and lambe being froth.

3. Applied contemptuously to persons. Cf. scum n.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > the lowest class > [noun] > persons of the lowest class (collectively)

chenaille1340

offal?a1425

putaylea1425

ribaldail1489

abject1526

offscouring1526

dreg1531

outsweeping1535

braggery1548

ribaldry1550

raff1557

sink1574

cattle1579

offscum1579

rabble1579

baggagery1589

scum1590

waste1592

menialty1593

baggage1603

froth1603

refuse1603

tag-rag1609

retriment1615

trasha1616

recrement1622

silts1636

garbage1648

riffle-raffle1668

raffle1670

riff-raff1678

scurf1688

mob1693

scouring1721

ribble-rabble1771

sweeping1799

clamjamphrie1816

ragabash1823

scruff1836

residuum1851

talent1882

1603 T. Dekker et al. Patient Grissill sig. F Out you froth, you scumme.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. i. 150 Froth, and scum thou liest.

1678 A. Marvell Acct. Growth Popery (new ed.) 22 The Froath of the town, and the Scum of the University.

1887 H. Caine Deemster I. xv. 284 That his son should consort with all..the dirtiest froth of the sea.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

froth-flake n.

ΚΠ

1841 R. Browning Pippa Passes Introd., in Bells & Pomegranates No. I 3/1 Not a froth-flake touched the rim Of yonder gap in the solid gray Of eastern cloud.

C2. Instrumental and originative.

froth-becurled adj.

ΚΠ

1645 J. Milton Psalm cxiv in Poems 13 That saw the troubl'd Sea, and shivering fled, And sought to hide his froth-becurled head.

froth-born adj.

ΚΠ

?1614 W. Drummond Loue vagabonding in Poems The froth-borne Goddesse of the Sea.

froth-clad adj.

ΚΠ

1769 J. Home Fatal Discov. v The froth-clad pool.

froth-faced adj.

ΚΠ

1604 W. Harbert Prophesie Cadwallader sig. G2 Froth-faced Neptune.

froth-foamy adj.

ΚΠ

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xi. sig. L2 The nimble thyes Of his froth-fomy steed.

C3. Also in many names given to the frog-hopper ( Aphrophora spumaria) or cuckoo-spit insect.

froth-blower n. jocular a beer-drinker: adopted as the title of a certain charitable organization.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > charitableness or alms-giving > a charity > specific

mite society1822

froth-blower1905

S.C.F.1921

Oxfam1947

1905 Daily Chron. 25 Mar. 6/4 The quaintly-named ‘Froth Blowers’..are a little group of twenty-four working men.

1927 Times 25 June 9/7 A company limited by guarantee under the title of ‘Ye Ancient Order of Froth-Blowers, Limited’, has been registered to take over all or part of the property and liabilities of the incorporated Ancient Order of Froth-Blowers.

1928 Times 8 Feb. 5/3 In 1924 Mr. Herbert Temple..desired to benefit certain charities. He invented the name ‘Ancient Order of Frothblowers’.

1928 ‘Sapper’ Female of Species xvii Now then, boys, once again—and all together—Froth Blowers for ever.

1931 E. Waugh Remote People i. 12 He had Froth Blowers' cuff-links, and a Rotarian wheel in his buttonhole.

froth-fly n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > member of family Cercopidae (spit-insects)

wood-sear1585

froghopper?1711

froth-insect1774

froth-worm1774

froth-frog-hopper1816

froth-fly1864

spittle bug1882

spit-insect1950

froth-fly1864

1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 78 Sweeping the frothfly from the fescue.

froth-frog-hopper n.

ΘΚΠ

wood-sear1585

froghopper?1711

froth-insect1774

froth-worm1774

froth-frog-hopper1816

froth-fly1864

spittle bug1882

spit-insect1950

1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1843) II. 10 The Froth-frog-hoppers..entered the room in such numbers as to cover the table.

froth-insect n.

ΘΚΠ

wood-sear1585

froghopper?1711

froth-insect1774

froth-worm1774

froth-frog-hopper1816

froth-fly1864

spittle bug1882

spit-insect1950

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 355 Of the Earwig, the Froth Insect, and some others.

froth-spit n. = cuckoo-spit n.² 1.

ΘΚΠ

wood-sear1585

cuckoo-spit1592

cuckoo-spittle1646

toad-spittle1658

spring-frotha1722

toad-spit1751

froth-spit1753

frog spittle1811

frog-spit1823

cuckoo-froth1872

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Froth spit or cuckow spit.

froth-stick n. a stick for whipping cream, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > whisk or beater

molinet1648

whisk1666

froth-sticka1706

egg-beater1828

egg-whisk1868

egg-whip1909

whippit1926

a1706 Country Wedding in J. Watson Choice Coll. Scots Poems (1711) iii. 47 My bairn has tocher of her awn..A Froath-stick, a Can, a Creel, a Knock.

froth-worm n.

ΘΚΠ

wood-sear1585

froghopper?1711

froth-insect1774

froth-worm1774

froth-frog-hopper1816

froth-fly1864

spittle bug1882

spit-insect1950

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 358 To this order of insects we may also refer the Cuckow Spit, or Froth Worm.

Derivatives

froth-like adj.

ΚΠ

1860 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner (1861) 257 A very shallow crape bonnet frilled and froth-like.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

frothv.

Brit.

/frɒθ/,

/frɔːθ/, U.S.

/frɔθ/,

/frɑθ/

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s frote, 1600s–1700s froath.

Etymology: < froth n.; Old Norse had frøyða.

1. intransitive. To emit froth or foam; to foam at the mouth. Of liquids: To gather or throw up froth; to run foaming away, by, over.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of slavering > slaver [verb (intransitive)] > froth at the mouth

frothc1384

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > discharge or flux > discharge [verb (intransitive)] > foam at mouth

foamc950

scumc1380

frothc1384

the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > effervesce [verb (intransitive)] > foam or froth

foamc950

spumec1400

creamc1440

ream1440

fry1590

mantle1595

froth1603

sud1603

freathe1786

sponge1790

yeast1880

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Mark ix. 17 The which..hirtith him, and he frothith, or vometh.

c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 801 As wilde boores..That frothen whit as foom for Ire wood.

c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 36 The mayde begane greuously to be turmentyd, and sorer than she was woonnte to be vexid, frotyng at the moweth.

1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys i. f. xiii These folk.., fume, frete, frote and fome, as fyerce and as angerly as a new huntyd sow.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 607 When oyle doth froath or fome.

a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) xlvii. 148 Hee would..froth and fome like a Boare.

1714 A. Pope Rape of Lock (new ed.) ii. 18 The Sea that froaths below.

1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 45 They..call for brimming tankards frothing o'er.

a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 50 Grief soon would bid the beer to run, Because the squire's mad race was done, Not less than now it froths away, Because ‘the squire's of age to-day’.

1855 R. Browning Childe Roland xix This, as it frothed by, might have been a bath For the fiend's glowing hoof.

1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta II. xlvii. 255 His lips frothing like a mug of hot ale.

1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths I. 12 The cutlets duly frothing in their silver dish.

figurative.1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 15 594 For this the demagogue spouts—the newspaper froths—the liberal in Parliament proses.1873–4 W. H. Dixon Hist. Two Queens III. xiii. x. 55 The leaguers of Cambrai were frothing at each other, and preparing for a future fight.

2. transitive. To emit or send forth in or like froth or foam. Now only with out.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > charge with air or gas to cause effervescence [verb (transitive)] > cause to foam or froth > emit in or like foam or froth

froth1382

spume1859

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Jude ii. 13 Frothinge out her confusiouns.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Wisd. xi. 19 Ether beestis frothinge heete of firis.

1859 Ld. Tennyson Vivien in Idylls of King 133 Is your spleen froth'd out, or have ye more?

3. To cause to foam; to make froth rise on the surface of; to pour out in such a manner as to make frothy. Also to froth up.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > charge with air or gas to cause effervescence [verb (transitive)] > cause to foam or froth

froth1602

freathe1725

a1625 J. Fletcher Pilgrim iii. vii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Hhhhh^v/1 Fill me a thousand pots, and froth 'em, froth 'em.

1715 M. Prior Down-Hall 120 The wine was froth'd out by the hand of mine host.

1785 J. Boswell Jrnl. Tour Hebrides 30 Sept. 334 [Johnson:] She..made his coffee, and frothed his chocolate.

1806 ‘Ignotus’ Culina (ed. 3) 79 Judiciously beating and frothing the eggs.

1832 Ld. Tennyson Death of Old Year in Poems (new ed.) 155 He frothed his bumpers to the brim.

1864 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 227 A tumbler of milk warm from the cow, and all frothed up.

absolute.1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor i. iii. 14 Let me see thee froth, and lyme.

4. To bespatter or cover with or as with froth or foam. Also, to froth over (something). figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > charge with air or gas to cause effervescence [verb (transitive)] > cause to foam or froth > cover with foam or froth

befoam1605

froth1771

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 238 He suddenly bolted out..his face frothed up to the eyes with soap lather.

1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. vi. v. 6 The foam frothed his limbs.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxx. 415 Foam pours out from his jaws till it froths his beard.

1885 O. W. Holmes Mortal Antipathy Introd. (1886) 4 A certain amount of sentiment..somewhat frothed over by his worldly experiences.

Compounds

† froth-can n. Obsolete the trick of frothing the can.

ΚΠ

1624 Skelton's Ghost, E. Rumming Prol. 19 Our pots were full quarted, We were not thus thwarted, With froth-canne and nick-pot.

Derivatives

ˈfrothed adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > [adjective] > full of or covered with foam or froth

foamyOE

foaminga1400

spumingc1400

frothy?1531

spurging1566

fretting1567

fuming1598

white-mouthed1598

frory1600

yeastya1616

frothed1616

frothing1628

lathering1630

mantling1633

sudding1633

spumeous1635

spewy1743

spooming1818

despumatious1819

yeastinga1821

creaming1825

spumous1854

frothsome1880

lathery1880

bubblesome1946

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1721 Þat froþande fylþe.

1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. iii. 77 His hasty waues among The frothed Rockes, bearing the Vnder-song.

1753 Scots Mag. July 318/2 Which she..threw back with some frothed phlegm.

1820 L. Hunt Indicator 15 Mar. 177 That frothed glass of porter.

ˈfrothing n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > [noun] > foaming or frothing

foaming1382

foam1574

seething1593

spumification1615

frothing1628

mantling1695

creaming1888

the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > [adjective] > full of or covered with foam or froth

foamyOE

foaminga1400

spumingc1400

frothy?1531

spurging1566

fretting1567

fuming1598

white-mouthed1598

frory1600

yeastya1616

frothed1616

frothing1628

lathering1630

mantling1633

sudding1633

spumeous1635

spewy1743

spooming1818

despumatious1819

yeastinga1821

creaming1825

spumous1854

frothsome1880

lathery1880

bubblesome1946

1628 Robin Goodfellow ii. (1638) D iij a A Tapster..with his pots smalnesse, and with frothing of his drinke, had got a good summe of money together.

1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 186 By brewing Rebellion, Micking, and Frothing.

1795 A. Seward Lett. (1811) IV. 102 A frothing brook leaps and clamours over the rough stones.

1798 J. Ferriar Illustr. Sterne 285 Alexander learnt the art of frothing at the mouth.

1807 T. Thomson Syst. Chem. (ed. 3) II. 484 The frothing might..be ascribed to the emission of this oxygen on the application of heat.

1873 ‘Ouida’ Pascarèl I. 47 Florio was perpetually in and out..with some frothing cup of chocolate.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	froth
释义	frothn. Brit. /frɒθ/, /frɔːθ/, U.S. /frɔθ/, /frɑθ/ Forms: Middle English frooth, froþe, Middle English–1500s frothe, 1500s–1700s froath, Middle English– froth. Etymology: Not found in Old English; perhaps < Old Norse froða weak feminine (Danish fraade; the relation of Swedish fradga is obscure), related to the synonymous Old Norse frauð neuter; the root (Old Germanic freuþ-, frauþ-, frud-) appears in Old English á-fréoðan* to froth. Possibly the English word represents both Old Norse frauð and froða; for the later shortening compare cloth. 1. a. The aggregation of small bubbles formed in liquids by agitation, fermentation, effervescence, etc.; foam, spume; = foam n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > [noun] > foam or froth foama700 scuma1250 frothc1384 spume1390 rial1440 escume1527 suds1592 balderdash1596 yeasta1616 cremor1657 cream1669 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Hosea x. 7 Samarie made his king for to passe, as frooth on the face of water. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 180/2 Frothe, spuma. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 223/1 Frothe of an egge, glette. 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. B2 Venus was feigned by the Poets to spring of the froathe of the Seas. 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xvi. 106 Untill it bubble and rise into a froath. 1673 N. Grew Idea Phytol. Hist. ii. iii. 66 The froth of Beer or Eggs. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 177 The Water was all a white Foam of Froth. 1795 J. Dalrymple Let. to Admiralty 4 It would prevent the Yeast, or, as it is commonly called, the Froth, from bubbling over. 1803 Dr. Garnett in Gazetteer Scotl. at Dovan This second caldron is always covered with a foam or froth. 1886 E. Whitaker Tip Cat (new ed.) xxii. 300 She..had shaken the bottle so vigourusly [sic] that its contents were more than half froth. figurative and in extended use.1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 108 Through the resistyng of the froath and enticementes of sinne.1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi i. §3. 24 The doting froth of a wittie brain.1676 J. Dryden Aureng-Zebe (1685) v. 71 Forgive those foolish words—They were the froth my raging folly mov'd When it boil'd up.1692 T. Wagstaffe Vindic. King Charles Introd. 11 My end is..to blow off that Froth, that has been thrown on his Memory.1824 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. I. i. 9 Society is froth above and dregs below.1878 J. Morley Carlyle 194 The lees and froth of common humanity. b. spec. Foaming saliva issuing from the mouth. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > discharge or flux > [noun] > foaming at mouth foamc900 frothc1400 foaming1574 sialorrhœa1846 c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1572 Þe froþe femed at his mouth vnfayre bi þe wykeȝ, Whetteȝ his whyte tuscheȝ. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxv. x. 542 The froth which fell from his [a dog's] mouth as hee panted and blowed almost windlesse with running. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Froth..is a moist white matter that oozes from a horse's mouth. 1885 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Froth, bronchial, the tenacious frothy secretion expectorated in some cases of asthma..and other affections of the respiratory organs. c. Extraneous or impure matter rising to the surface of liquids during boiling, etc.; scum. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [noun] > specific impurities > scum > types of scum motherc1485 froth1541 motheriness1742 laitance1909 1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) ii. xviii. 134 That [water], wherof commeth least skimme or froth, whan it doth boyle. 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xvi. 107 In wine which is in the Must..a thinner substance, which is the flower, and may be called the scum, or froath. 1832 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. (ed. 2) 169 To skim off the froth collected on the surface. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 193 Its name recalling its origin as the froth or scum of lava. 1883 J. T. Taylor Hardwich's Man. Photogr. Chem. (ed. 9) 363 A mixture is made of Gelatine, Albumen, [etc.]..the ingredients being well beaten together; when the froth has settled down the mixture is filtered. 2. a. Something comparable to ‘froth’ as being unsubstantial or of little worth. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > insubstantial triflec1290 vainc1330 winda1382 vapour1382 gossamer?a1400 visevase1481 good morrow1542 cobweb1579 superficial1579 puff1583 bladder1589 blathery1591 froth1594 bag of winda1599 moth1600 nominala1625 tumour1630 windlestraw1637 vacuity1648 balloon1656 blank1678 breath bubble1835 nominality1842 fluff1906 cotton candy1931 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. C2 What win I if I gaine the thing I seeke?..a froth of fleeting ioy. View more context for this quotation 1603 W. Alexander Trag. of Darius i. Chorus sig. B3^v Drunk with frothes of pleasure. 1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. xvii. 210 Nothing but froth, childishnesse and vncertanetie. 1686 A. Horneck Crucified Jesus xxii. 629 When thou hast delighted in froth, and idle talk. 1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iii. iii. ii. 185/1 It was Food and not Froth; which in his publick Sermons, he entertained the Souls of his People with. 1783 H. Blair Lect. Rhetoric I. xviii. 382 There is no froth nor affectation in it. †b. Applied to what is tender or immature. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > youth > [noun] > a young one youngOE planta1393 frotha1420 immature1866 a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 2270 We Romayns þat þey han in prison loke, Ben but ȝonge froth, vnlernëd in batayle, And othir feble folk with age I-broke. 1557 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandrie sig. B.iiii Eate vp thy veale, pig and lambe being froth. 3. Applied contemptuously to persons. Cf. scum n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > the lowest class > [noun] > persons of the lowest class (collectively) chenaille1340 offal?a1425 putaylea1425 ribaldail1489 abject1526 offscouring1526 dreg1531 outsweeping1535 braggery1548 ribaldry1550 raff1557 sink1574 cattle1579 offscum1579 rabble1579 baggagery1589 scum1590 waste1592 menialty1593 baggage1603 froth1603 refuse1603 tag-rag1609 retriment1615 trasha1616 recrement1622 silts1636 garbage1648 riffle-raffle1668 raffle1670 riff-raff1678 scurf1688 mob1693 scouring1721 ribble-rabble1771 sweeping1799 clamjamphrie1816 ragabash1823 scruff1836 residuum1851 talent1882 1603 T. Dekker et al. Patient Grissill sig. F Out you froth, you scumme. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. i. 150 Froth, and scum thou liest. View more context for this quotation 1678 A. Marvell Acct. Growth Popery (new ed.) 22 The Froath of the town, and the Scum of the University. 1887 H. Caine Deemster I. xv. 284 That his son should consort with all..the dirtiest froth of the sea. Compounds C1. General attributive. froth-flake n. ΚΠ 1841 R. Browning Pippa Passes Introd., in Bells & Pomegranates No. I 3/1 Not a froth-flake touched the rim Of yonder gap in the solid gray Of eastern cloud. C2. Instrumental and originative. froth-becurled adj. ΚΠ 1645 J. Milton Psalm cxiv in Poems 13 That saw the troubl'd Sea, and shivering fled, And sought to hide his froth-becurled head. froth-born adj. ΚΠ ?1614 W. Drummond Loue vagabonding in Poems The froth-borne Goddesse of the Sea. froth-clad adj. ΚΠ 1769 J. Home Fatal Discov. v The froth-clad pool. froth-faced adj. ΚΠ 1604 W. Harbert Prophesie Cadwallader sig. G2 Froth-faced Neptune. froth-foamy adj. ΚΠ 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xi. sig. L2 The nimble thyes Of his froth-fomy steed. C3. Also in many names given to the frog-hopper ( Aphrophora spumaria) or cuckoo-spit insect. froth-blower n. jocular a beer-drinker: adopted as the title of a certain charitable organization. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > charitableness or alms-giving > a charity > specific mite society1822 froth-blower1905 S.C.F.1921 Oxfam1947 1905 Daily Chron. 25 Mar. 6/4 The quaintly-named ‘Froth Blowers’..are a little group of twenty-four working men. 1927 Times 25 June 9/7 A company limited by guarantee under the title of ‘Ye Ancient Order of Froth-Blowers, Limited’, has been registered to take over all or part of the property and liabilities of the incorporated Ancient Order of Froth-Blowers. 1928 Times 8 Feb. 5/3 In 1924 Mr. Herbert Temple..desired to benefit certain charities. He invented the name ‘Ancient Order of Frothblowers’. 1928 ‘Sapper’ Female of Species xvii Now then, boys, once again—and all together—Froth Blowers for ever. 1931 E. Waugh Remote People i. 12 He had Froth Blowers' cuff-links, and a Rotarian wheel in his buttonhole. froth-fly n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > member of family Cercopidae (spit-insects) wood-sear1585 froghopper?1711 froth-insect1774 froth-worm1774 froth-frog-hopper1816 froth-fly1864 spittle bug1882 spit-insect1950 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > member of family Cercopidae (spit-insects) > aphrophora or amblycephalus interruptus froth-fly1864 1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 78 Sweeping the frothfly from the fescue. froth-frog-hopper n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > member of family Cercopidae (spit-insects) wood-sear1585 froghopper?1711 froth-insect1774 froth-worm1774 froth-frog-hopper1816 froth-fly1864 spittle bug1882 spit-insect1950 1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1843) II. 10 The Froth-frog-hoppers..entered the room in such numbers as to cover the table. froth-insect n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > member of family Cercopidae (spit-insects) wood-sear1585 froghopper?1711 froth-insect1774 froth-worm1774 froth-frog-hopper1816 froth-fly1864 spittle bug1882 spit-insect1950 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 355 Of the Earwig, the Froth Insect, and some others. froth-spit n. = cuckoo-spit n.² 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > member of family Cercopidae (spit-insects) > frothy secretion wood-sear1585 cuckoo-spit1592 cuckoo-spittle1646 toad-spittle1658 spring-frotha1722 toad-spit1751 froth-spit1753 frog spittle1811 frog-spit1823 cuckoo-froth1872 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Froth spit or cuckow spit. froth-stick n. a stick for whipping cream, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > whisk or beater molinet1648 whisk1666 froth-sticka1706 egg-beater1828 egg-whisk1868 egg-whip1909 whippit1926 a1706 Country Wedding in J. Watson Choice Coll. Scots Poems (1711) iii. 47 My bairn has tocher of her awn..A Froath-stick, a Can, a Creel, a Knock. froth-worm n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > member of family Cercopidae (spit-insects) wood-sear1585 froghopper?1711 froth-insect1774 froth-worm1774 froth-frog-hopper1816 froth-fly1864 spittle bug1882 spit-insect1950 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 358 To this order of insects we may also refer the Cuckow Spit, or Froth Worm. Derivatives froth-like adj. ΚΠ 1860 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner (1861) 257 A very shallow crape bonnet frilled and froth-like. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). frothv. Brit. /frɒθ/, /frɔːθ/, U.S. /frɔθ/, /frɑθ/ Forms: Also Middle English–1500s frote, 1600s–1700s froath. Etymology: < froth n.; Old Norse had frøyða. 1. intransitive. To emit froth or foam; to foam at the mouth. Of liquids: To gather or throw up froth; to run foaming away, by, over. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of slavering > slaver [verb (intransitive)] > froth at the mouth frothc1384 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > discharge or flux > discharge [verb (intransitive)] > foam at mouth foamc950 scumc1380 frothc1384 the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > effervesce [verb (intransitive)] > foam or froth foamc950 spumec1400 creamc1440 ream1440 fry1590 mantle1595 froth1603 sud1603 freathe1786 sponge1790 yeast1880 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Mark ix. 17 The which..hirtith him, and he frothith, or vometh. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 801 As wilde boores..That frothen whit as foom for Ire wood. c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 36 The mayde begane greuously to be turmentyd, and sorer than she was woonnte to be vexid, frotyng at the moweth. 1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys i. f. xiii These folk.., fume, frete, frote and fome, as fyerce and as angerly as a new huntyd sow. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 607 When oyle doth froath or fome. a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) xlvii. 148 Hee would..froth and fome like a Boare. 1714 A. Pope Rape of Lock (new ed.) ii. 18 The Sea that froaths below. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 45 They..call for brimming tankards frothing o'er. a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 50 Grief soon would bid the beer to run, Because the squire's mad race was done, Not less than now it froths away, Because ‘the squire's of age to-day’. 1855 R. Browning Childe Roland xix This, as it frothed by, might have been a bath For the fiend's glowing hoof. 1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta II. xlvii. 255 His lips frothing like a mug of hot ale. 1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths I. 12 The cutlets duly frothing in their silver dish. figurative.1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 15 594 For this the demagogue spouts—the newspaper froths—the liberal in Parliament proses.1873–4 W. H. Dixon Hist. Two Queens III. xiii. x. 55 The leaguers of Cambrai were frothing at each other, and preparing for a future fight. 2. transitive. To emit or send forth in or like froth or foam. Now only with out. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > charge with air or gas to cause effervescence [verb (transitive)] > cause to foam or froth > emit in or like foam or froth froth1382 spume1859 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Jude ii. 13 Frothinge out her confusiouns. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Wisd. xi. 19 Ether beestis frothinge heete of firis. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Vivien in Idylls of King 133 Is your spleen froth'd out, or have ye more? 3. To cause to foam; to make froth rise on the surface of; to pour out in such a manner as to make frothy. Also to froth up. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > charge with air or gas to cause effervescence [verb (transitive)] > cause to foam or froth froth1602 freathe1725 a1625 J. Fletcher Pilgrim iii. vii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Hhhhh^v/1 Fill me a thousand pots, and froth 'em, froth 'em. 1715 M. Prior Down-Hall 120 The wine was froth'd out by the hand of mine host. 1785 J. Boswell Jrnl. Tour Hebrides 30 Sept. 334 [Johnson:] She..made his coffee, and frothed his chocolate. 1806 ‘Ignotus’ Culina (ed. 3) 79 Judiciously beating and frothing the eggs. 1832 Ld. Tennyson Death of Old Year in Poems (new ed.) 155 He frothed his bumpers to the brim. 1864 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 227 A tumbler of milk warm from the cow, and all frothed up. absolute.1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor i. iii. 14 Let me see thee froth, and lyme. 4. To bespatter or cover with or as with froth or foam. Also, to froth over (something). figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > charge with air or gas to cause effervescence [verb (transitive)] > cause to foam or froth > cover with foam or froth befoam1605 froth1771 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 238 He suddenly bolted out..his face frothed up to the eyes with soap lather. 1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. vi. v. 6 The foam frothed his limbs. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxx. 415 Foam pours out from his jaws till it froths his beard. 1885 O. W. Holmes Mortal Antipathy Introd. (1886) 4 A certain amount of sentiment..somewhat frothed over by his worldly experiences. Compounds † froth-can n. Obsolete the trick of frothing the can. ΚΠ 1624 Skelton's Ghost, E. Rumming Prol. 19 Our pots were full quarted, We were not thus thwarted, With froth-canne and nick-pot. Derivatives ˈfrothed adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > [adjective] > full of or covered with foam or froth foamyOE foaminga1400 spumingc1400 frothy?1531 spurging1566 fretting1567 fuming1598 white-mouthed1598 frory1600 yeastya1616 frothed1616 frothing1628 lathering1630 mantling1633 sudding1633 spumeous1635 spewy1743 spooming1818 despumatious1819 yeastinga1821 creaming1825 spumous1854 frothsome1880 lathery1880 bubblesome1946 c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1721 Þat froþande fylþe. 1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. iii. 77 His hasty waues among The frothed Rockes, bearing the Vnder-song. 1753 Scots Mag. July 318/2 Which she..threw back with some frothed phlegm. 1820 L. Hunt Indicator 15 Mar. 177 That frothed glass of porter. ˈfrothing n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > [noun] > foaming or frothing foaming1382 foam1574 seething1593 spumification1615 frothing1628 mantling1695 creaming1888 the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > [adjective] > full of or covered with foam or froth foamyOE foaminga1400 spumingc1400 frothy?1531 spurging1566 fretting1567 fuming1598 white-mouthed1598 frory1600 yeastya1616 frothed1616 frothing1628 lathering1630 mantling1633 sudding1633 spumeous1635 spewy1743 spooming1818 despumatious1819 yeastinga1821 creaming1825 spumous1854 frothsome1880 lathery1880 bubblesome1946 1628 Robin Goodfellow ii. (1638) D iij a A Tapster..with his pots smalnesse, and with frothing of his drinke, had got a good summe of money together. 1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 186 By brewing Rebellion, Micking, and Frothing. 1795 A. Seward Lett. (1811) IV. 102 A frothing brook leaps and clamours over the rough stones. 1798 J. Ferriar Illustr. Sterne 285 Alexander learnt the art of frothing at the mouth. 1807 T. Thomson Syst. Chem. (ed. 3) II. 484 The frothing might..be ascribed to the emission of this oxygen on the application of heat. 1873 ‘Ouida’ Pascarèl I. 47 Florio was perpetually in and out..with some frothing cup of chocolate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1384v.1382
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