GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Founder , n. [Cf. OF. fondeor, F. fondateur, L. fundator.] One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.
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   Founder, n. [From Found to cast.] One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types.
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   Fonder's dust. Same as Facing, 4. -- Founder's sand, a kind of sand suitable for purposes of molding.
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   Founder , 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.]
   (Naut.) To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship.
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   To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.
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   For which his horse fearé gan to turn,
   And leep aside, and foundrede as he leep.
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   To fail; to miscarry. “All his tricks founder.” 
   Shak.
   
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   Founder, v. t. To cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him.
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   Founder, n. (Far.) (a) A lameness in the foot of a horse, occasioned by inflammation; closh. (b) An inflammatory fever of the body, or acute rheumatism; as, chest founder. See Chest ffounder.
   James White.
   
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