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Definition of Foundered
1. founder [v] - See also: founder
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foundered
Literary usage of Foundered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Australian Dictionary of Dates and Men of the Time: Containing the History by John Henniker Heaton (1879)
"The " London," steamer, on her way to Melbourne, foundered in the Bay of Biscay.
About 220 persons perished, including Captain Martín, Dr. Woolley, ..."
2. A History of American Manufactures from 1608 to 1860 by John Leander Bishop, Edwin Troxell Freedley, Edward Young (1866)
"... a quantity of different minerals was shipped of ore to at New Haven for
Holland ; but the vessel with her treasure soon after foundered at sea. ..."
3. The Sportsman's Dictionary: Or The Gentleman's Companion: for Town and ...Sports (1800)
"... or by being foundered, pricked, flubbed, gravelled, ... and creep- ng.
as though he were hall foundered. As for the cure : take a couple of new-laid ..."
4. The Records of Living Officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps by Lewis Randolph Hamersly (1898)
"... during the prevalence of a terrific pampero, rescued the captain and three of
the crew of a vessel that had foundered outside of the harbor, ..."
5. An Exposition of the African Slave Trade: From the Year 1840, to 1850, Inclusive by United States Dept. of State, Representative Meeting (1851)
"... encountered storms, it was the opinion of her captors she must inevitably have
foundered. Previous to the capture of the vessel, 26 of the slaves had ..."
6. Diary of Richard Cocks, Cape-merchant in the English Factory in Japan, 1615 by Richard Cocks, Sir Edward Maunde Thompson (1883)
"The consort foundered in a storm ; and Adams's ship with difficulty reached the
shores of the province of Bungo, in the island of ..."
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