Foam
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster
Foam - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)
(Hos. 10:7), the rendering of ketseph, which properly means twigs or splinters (as rendered in the LXX. and marg. R.V.). The expression in Hosea may therefore be read, "as a chip on the face of the water," denoting the helplessness of the piece of wood as compared with the irresistable current.
Foam - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
FOAM, n. [L. fumo, to smoke, to foam.]
Froth; spume; the substance which is formed on the surface of liquors by fermentation or violent agitation, consisting of bubbles.
FOAM, v.i.
1. To froth; to gather foam. The billows foam. A horse foams at the mouth when violently heated.
2. To be in a rage; to be violently agitated.
He foameth and gnasheth with his teeth. Mark 9.
FOAM, v.t. To throw out with rage or violence; with out.
Foaming out their own shame. Jude 13.
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