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foaming [′fōm·iŋ] (engineering) Any of various processes by which air or gas is introduced into a liquid or solid to produce a foam material. (graphic arts) A froth in a photographic emulsion containing minute bubbles caused by excessive turbulence. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Here, however, a foaming fool, with extended hands, sprang forward to him and stood in his way. All eyes were strained after the little bark as it pulled for shore, rising and sinking with the huge rolling waves, until it entered, a mere speck, among the foaming breakers, and was soon lost to view. Around and over it whirled, this way and that, and a few moments later the chicken-coop dropped far away into the sea, where the big waves caught it and slid it up-hill to a foaming crest and then down-hill into a deep valley, as if it were nothing more than a plaything to keep them amused. |
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