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a. [Fr.; Lat. fun do, fusus; allied to Gr. cheo, che usō, to pour, and Hind. oondelna, to pour.] To cast; to form by melting a metal and pouring it into a mould. "With wondrous art founded the ma y ore." -Milton . Foundation, n, [Lat. fundatio .] Act of founding or fixing the base; the base of an edifice; original; rise; origin; that part of a building which rests on the ground; the base or groundwork of anything; establishment. - A donation or legacy appropriated to support an institution; an established revenue, particularly for a charity; endowment; settlement; institution. ( Arch . ) The word F. may be applied either to the surface or bed on which a building rests, or to the lower part of the building which rests on the natural bed. 1. Foundation as the bed. The best that can be had is solid rock, or any kind of resisting incompre ible stratum, free from water. Where there is no chance of water, sand forms a solid foundation. When the soil is lamene occasioned by inflammation in the hoof of a horse.