6 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Founder \Found"er\, v. t.
To cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or
limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Founder \Found"er\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Founder \Found"er\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Founder \Found"er\, 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.
{Fonder's dust}. Same as {Facing}, 4.
{Founder's sand}, a kind of sand suitable for purposes of
molding.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Founder \Found"er\, 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.]
1. (Naut.) To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship.
2. To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.
For which his horse fear['e] gan to turn, And leep
aside, and foundrede as he leep. --Chaucer.
3. To fail; to miscarry. ``All his tricks founder.'' --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
founder
n 1: inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof
to the foot of a horse [syn: {laminitis}]
2: a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George
Washington is the father of his country" [syn: {beginner},
{founding father}, {father}]
3: a worker who makes metal castings
v 1: fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered" [syn: {fall
through}, {fall flat}, {flop}]
2: sink below the surface
3: break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall
collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke";
"The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof
finally gave under the weight of the ice" [syn: {collapse},
{fall in}, {cave in}, {give}, {give way}, {break}]
4: stumble and nearly fall; "the horses foundered"