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frothing

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frothing [frȯ·thiŋ]
(engineering)
The producing of relatively stable bubbles at an air-liquid interface as the result of agitation, aeration, ebulliation, or chemical reaction; it can be an undesired side effect, but in minerals beneficiation it is the basis of froth flotation.
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I glimpsed him just before he reached the doorway and the sight of him, now roaring as he perceived his lifeless fellow stretched upon the floor, and frothing at the mouth, in the extremity of his rage, filled me, I must confess, with dire forebodings.
A Princess of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Such an individual seated in his arm-chair, his mug of ale frothing on the round table before him, is to be seen in any circuit of five or six miles among these hills, if you go at the right time after dinner.
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The three frothing creatures on the floor buried themselves in a frenzy for blood.
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