foulbrood (foulbrod)

A germ-disease of bees, the seeds of which lurk in the honey, whence bees contract it. That terrible fungoid malady, foul - brood , which bee disease is indicated by a nauseating stench. Science, V. 73. fouldt, adv . [An irreg. var. of foull . Cf. rild for vile .] An obsolete variant of foull . fouldert, n. [ fouldre , foudre , foudre , later fouldre , F. foudre = Pr. foldre = It. folgore , fulgur , lightning, fulgere , lighten: see fulgent .] Lightning. That thynge that men calle foudre , That smite sometime a toure to poudre. Chaucer, House of Fame, L. 535. This fir'd my heart as foulder doth the heath. Baldwin , in Mir. for Mags., p. 389. fouldert, v. i. [ foulder , n.] To emit great heat; flame, as lightning; burn. Seemd that lowde thunder, with amazement great, Did rend the ratling skyes with flames of fouldring heat. Spenser, F. Q., II. ii. 20, foulert, n. An obsolete spelling of fowler . foul-faced (foul'fast), a . 1. Having the face foul or filthy. - 21. Of foul aspect or character; foul-mouthed. If black scandal, or foul - fac'd reproach, Attend the sequel of your imposition, Your mere enforcement shall acquittance me. Shak, Rich. III., iii. 7. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary foully foully (foul'li), adv. [ Her swollen eyes were much disfigured, And her faire face with teares was fowly blubbered. Spenser, F. Q., II. i. 13. Shak., Macbeth, iii. 1. Thou play'dst most foully for 't. foulmart, foumart (foul'märt; in second form (Sc.), fou'märt), n. [Formerly also fulmart, fulmar, fowmart, fumart, foumard; It is ordanit that he pay... for x Fowmartis skinnis call it Fit how is, xd. Acts Jas. I. , 1424. In the night time... foxes and foumardes , with all other vermine, and noysome beastes, use most styrringe. Ascham , Toxophilus. In the second cla [of beasts of the chase] are placed the fulimart , the fitch at or fitch, ., and these are said to be beasts of stinking flight. Strutt , Sports and Pastimes, p. 14. foul-mouthed (foul'moutht), a. Using scurrilous, opprobrious, obscene, or profane language; given to abusive or filthy speech. Wilt thou ever be a foul - mouth'd and calumnious knave? Shak., All's Well, i. 3. I Have never been foul - mouth'd against thy law. Fletcher ( and another ), Two Noble Kinsmen, v. 1. foulne (foul'nes), n. [ foulne e , fülnes (= OFries. fulni e = D. vuilnis = MLG. vülni e = OHG. fülnu i , G. fäulni ), fül , foul, + -nes, -ne .] 1. The quality or state of being foul or filthy; impurity; fil you r ; defilement; pollution; corruption: as, the foulne of a cellar or of a well; the foulne of a musket; the foulne of a ship's bottom. This foulne must be purged, Or thy disease will rankle to a pestilence. 21. Ugline ; deformity. Ford, Fancies, iv. 1. IMG:content-1758.png:[blocks in formation] The duke nor the constable wolde nat departe thens tyll they had ye castell at their wyll, outher with fayrne e or foulnę e . Berners , tr. of Froi art's Chron., I. cecxxi, Those aspersions were rais'd from the foulne of his own actions. Milton , Eikon ok las tes, xv. Through the pageants of a patriot's name They pierc'd the foulne of thy secret aim. Bag of foulne . See bag1. Akenside, Epistle to Curio. foul-spoken (foul's po"kn), a. Using scurrilous, slanderous, proíane, or obscene language; foul-mouthed. Foul - spoken coward, that thund'rest with thy tongue, And with thy weapon nothing dar'st perform. Shak., Tit. And., ii. 1. foul-tongued (foul'tungd), a. Foul-spoken; foul-mouthed. They curse him. They are very foul - tongued. Living stone, Mi ionary Travels and Researches, p. 269. foumart, n. See foulmart . found1 (found). Preterit and past participle of find. found2 (found), v. [ And thou Lord in the begynnyng found i dist the erthe, and heuenes ben werkis of thin hond is. IMG:content-1759.png:[blocks in formation] 2351 Nothing is more shameful for a man than to found his title to esteem not on his own merits, but on the fame of his ancestors. Sumner , Orations, I. 6. 2. To take the first steps or measures in erecting or building up; begin to raise; make a beginning of; originate by active means: as, to found a city or an empire. And it was one of the firste Cyties of the worlde founded by Japheth, Noes sone, and beryth yet his name. Sir R. Guylforde, Pylgrymage, p. 16. Most of the buildings are founded like to these of the Venetian houses. Coryat, Crudities, I. 206. 3. To make provision for the establishment of; originate by gift, grant, or endowment: as, to found an institution or a profe orship by bequest. He [King Edward the Confe or] founded also the Col. ledge of St. Mary Ottery in Devons hire, and gave unto it the Village of Ottery. Baker , Chronicles, p. 19. A prince should found hospitals, the noble and rich may diffuse their ample charities. Steele , Guardian, No. 174. II. in trans. To base one's opinion; rely: followed by on or upon : as, I found upon the evidence of my senses. founder At Trinity the Scholars and Sizars have a right to remain in residence just as much as the Fellows themselves, being equally "on the foundation ." C. A. Bristed, English University, p. 106. 5. That which is founded or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity. We see there be many orders and foundations which... take themselves to have a kind of contract, fraternity, and correspondence one with the other. Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. 115. I went to see the Weese-house, a foundation like our Charter-house, for the education of decay'd persons, orphans, and poore children. Evelyn , Diary, Aug. 19, 1641. In Germany, since the first foundation at Prague in 1348, only forty-two universities have been established. Science, VI. 246. 6. In crochet, knitting, etc., the first stitches put upon the needles, to which all that follows is secured.-7. Same as foundation - muslin and -net.-8. In apiculture, a sheet of wax, artificially shaped to resemble the foundation of a comb, attached to the slats or bars of a hive, or placed in a honey-frame, to induce the bees to build combs where desired; a guide-comb.Old foundation, new foundation, terms used with reference to the organization of the cathedral chapters of England. At the establishment of the reformation under Henry VIII. the collegiate chapters were left unchanged in constitution, and their cathedrals are said to be of the old foundation. But the monastic chapters were suppre ed, and new ones were organized for their cat he. drals, and for the abbey churches converted into cathedrals; and these are said to be of the new foundation. themselves. A fellow founded out of charity, And moulded to the height, contemn his maker, Curb the free hand that fram'd him! this must not be. Fletcher , Rule a Wife, iv. 2. A second multitude With wondrous art founded the ma y ore, Severing each kind, and scumm'd the bullion dro . Milton, P. L., i. 703.