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The Chinese name of Buddha.

The young of any animal of the Horse family (Equidæ); a colt; a filly. Foal teeth (Zoöl.), the first set of teeth of a horse. -- In foal, With foal, being with young; pregnant; -- said of a mare or she ass.

(Bot.) See Coltsfoot.

The white substance, consisting of an aggregation of bubbles, which is formed on the surface of liquids,or in the mouth of an animal, by violent agitation or fermentation; froth; spume; scum; as, the foam of the sea. Foam cock, in steam boilers, a cock at the water level, to blow off impurities.

With foam; frothily.

Having no foam.

Covered with foam; frothy; spumy. Behold how high the foamy billows ride! Dryden.

A little pocket for a watch. Fob chain, a short watch chain worn a watch carried in the fob.

Belonging to,or concerning, a focus; as, a focal point. Focal distance, or length,of a lens or mirror (Opt.), the distance of the focus from the surface of the lens or mirror, or more exactly, in the case of a lens, from its optical center. --Focal distance of a telescope, the distance of the image of an object from th…

The act of focalizing or bringing to a focus, or the state of being focalized.

To bring to a focus; to focus; to concentrate. Light is focalized in the eye, sound in the ear. De Quincey.

To nourish. [Obs.] Blount.

Comfort; support. [Obs.]

(Photog.) An assisting instrument for focusing an object in or before a camera. Knight.

hich the rays of light meet, after being reflected or refrcted, and at which the image is formed; as, the focus of a lens or mirror.

A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 19 [Obs.]

One who fodders cattle.

Fitted for, or pertaining to, digging.

A group of African edentates including the aard-vark.

entertains personal enmity, hatred, grudge, or malice, against another; an enemy. A man's foes shall be they of his own household. Matt. x. 36