Founder — Defs

01 n. One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.

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One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.

02 n. One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types.

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One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types.

Phrases & compounds

Fonder's dust — Same as Facing, 4.

Founder's sand — a kind of sand suitable for purposes of molding.

03 v. i. To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship.

imp. & p. p. Foundered; p. pr. & vb. n. Foundering

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To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship.(Naut.)
2.
To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.
“For which his horse fearé gan to turn, And leep aside, and foundrede as he leep.” — Chaucer.
3.
To fail; to miscarry.

04 v. t. To cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him.

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To cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him.

05 n. A lameness in the foot of a horse, occasioned by inflammation; closh.