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foundering
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Foundering
(gcide) | Founder \Found"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Foundered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Foundering.] [OF. fondrer to fall in, cf. F.
s'effondrer, fr. fond bottom, L. fundus. See Found to
establish.]
1. (Naut.) To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship.
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2. To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.
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For which his horse fear['e] gan to turn,
And leep aside, and foundrede as he leep. --Chaucer.
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3. To fail; to miscarry. "All his tricks founder." --Shak.
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foundering
(wn) | foundering
n 1: (of a ship) sinking [syn: foundering, going under] |
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Foundering
(gcide) | Founder \Found"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Foundered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Foundering.] [OF. fondrer to fall in, cf. F.
s'effondrer, fr. fond bottom, L. fundus. See Found to
establish.]
1. (Naut.) To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship.
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2. To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.
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For which his horse fear['e] gan to turn,
And leep aside, and foundrede as he leep. --Chaucer.
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3. To fail; to miscarry. "All his tricks founder." --Shak.
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