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Webster 1913 Edition

(spūm)

Noun.

[L.

spuma

. Cf.

Frothy matter raised on liquids by boiling, effervescence, or agitation; froth; foam; scum.

Materials dark and crude,
Of spiritous and fiery

spume

Milton.

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Spumed

(spūmd)

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Spuming

[L.

spumare

To froth; to foam.

Noun.

[L.] Froth; foam; scum; frothy matter raised on liquors or fluid substances by boiling, effervescence or agitation.

Verb.

To froth; to foam.