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Definition of Foams
1. foam [v] - See also: foam
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foams
Literary usage of Foams
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer (1796)
"... milk-white canvas bellying as they blow, The parted ocean foams and roars
below: Above the bounding billows ..."
2. The Seasons by James Thomson (1744)
"... the turbid Stream; There gathering triple Force, rapid, and deep, It boils,
and wheels, and foams, and thunders thro'. ..."
3. Applied Colloid Chemistry: General Theory by Wilder Dwight Bancroft (1921)
"foams In an emulsion of oil in water we have drops of oil coated by a more or
less viscous film containing water, with water outside. ..."
4. Shahmah in Pursuit of Freedom; Or, The Branded Hand by Frances Harriet Green (1858)
"... of Simao with the Boy—Robert chafes and foams— He arrests a Shot aimed at the
Fugitive—Recommends capturing alive—Abuses the ..."
5. Laboratory Manual of Colloid Chemistry by Harry Nicholls Holmes (1922)
"RE Wilson and Leon Parsons believe that stable foams are produced only when the
surface layer has the properties of a plastic solid rather than of a viscous ..."
6. The Lusiad: Or, The Discovery of India: an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões, William Julius Mickle (1809)
"... The lofty masts reclining to the gale On full spread wings the navy springs
away, And far behind them foams the Ocean grey: Afar the lessening hills of ..."
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