One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.
One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types. Fonder's dust. Same as Facing, 4. -- Founder's sand, a kind of sand suitable for purposes of molding.
To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship.
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.
To fail; to miscarry. "All his tricks founder." Shak.
To cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him.
A lameness in the foot of a horse, occasioned by inflammation; closh.
An inflammatory fever of the body, or acute rheumatism; as, chest founder. See Chest ffounder. James White.
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