foundered

[Eng. founder, v.; -ed.] Lamed, disabled; suffering from a founder. *foun-der-e (1), s. [Eng. founder (1), s.; -e .] A female founder, or caster of metals. *foun-der-ě (2), s . [FoUNDRESS.] *foun-der-ous, a. [Eng. founder (3), s.; -ous .] 1. Lit .: Causing or likely to cause to founder or go lame. 2. Fig .: Likely to trip one up; puzzling; perplex ing. found-Ing, pr. par., a. & s. A. As pr . par .: [FOUND (1), v.] B. As adj.: Often in composition, as type- found ing, bell - founding. C. As subst.: The act or operation of smelting ores, and of smelting and casting metals. found-ling, *found-el-yng, *found-lyng, 8. [Eng. pa. par. of find ; dim. suff. -ling . A child deserted or exposed to chance, or found with out father or mother. IMG:content-0089.png:[blocks in formation] I. Ordinary Language: 1. Literally: 1911 under the receiver of an air-pump, the elastic force of the air in the flask makes a jet of water i ue from the top of the tube. (Ganot.) (2) Fountain of youth : Mythol.: A fountain, by bathing in which, or, in the opinion of the Hindoos, even by seeing it, one can become young again. ( Tylor : Early Hist . Man kind (1866), 352-5.) (3) Hero's fountain : An artificial fountain of water, caused by the pre ure of air, invented by Hero or Heron, of Alexandria. (4) Intermittent fountain : [INTERMITTENT.] Obvious compounds: Fountain - flood , fountain foam , fountain - jet , fountain - side , fountain - urn , . fountain-fishes, s. pl . Zool .: A name sometimes given to the order of Coelenterata called Ctenophora. The reference is to the currents which their ciliæ produce. They are not fishes, but akin to Actinia, . Example, Вегов. IMG:content-0090.png:[blocks in formation] inal. "We have this detail from the fountain - head , from the persons themselves."-Paley: Evidences, vol. ii., ch. viii. fountain-inkstand, s. An inkstand which has a continual supply of ink from an elevated fountain, or which has an elastic diaphragm by which the dip-cup may be supplied or emptied. fountain-lamp, s . A lamp with an elevated reservoir for supply, as in most forms of the Argand, the student's lamp, for instance.