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[ Who rubbith now, who froteth now his lippes With dust, with sand, with straw, with cloth, with chippes, But Absolon? Chaucer, Miller's Tale, 1. 559. Thou shalt breke eeris of corn, and frote togidere with the hond. Wyclif , Deut. xxiii. 25 (Purv.). 2. To stroke; care . The lhord him [to the little hound] maketh uayr chiere, Ayenbite of Inwyt (E. E. T. S.), p. 155. and him froteth . Hee raught for the his right hand, & his rigge [his (the steed's) back] frotus, And coies hym as he can with his clene handes. A lisa under of Macedoine (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1174. She tufts her hair, she frotes her face, She idle loves to be. Kendall, Flowers of Epigrams (1577). IMG:content-1895.png:[blocks in formation] Froth of blood. See flower of blood, under blood. froth (frôth), v. [ As wilde boores gonne they to smyte, That frothen whit as foom for ire wood [furious rage]. Chaucer, Knight's Tale. He frothith , or vometh, and betith togidere with teeth. Wyclif , Mark ix. 17 (Oxf.). The wretch. In fumes of burning chocolate shall glow, And tremble at the sea that froths below! Pope, R. of the L., ii. 136. II. trans. 1. To cause to foam, as beer; cause froth to rise on the top of. Fill me a you sand pots, and froth 'em, froth 'em. Fletcher, Pilgrim, iii. 7. The Wine was froth'd out by the Hand of mine Host. Prior, Down-Hall, st. 30. Tennyson, Death of the Old Year. He froth'd his bumpers to the brim. 2. To emit or discharge as froth; hence, to vent or give expre ion to, as what is unsubstantial or worthle : sometimes with out. Is your spleen froth'd out , or have ye more? Tennyson, Merlin and Vivien. 3. To cover with froth: as, "the horse froths his bit," Southey.