"founder" Definition

Definitions for the word "founder" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. i.
To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. i.
To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. i.
To fail; to miscarry.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
A lameness in the foot of a horse, occasioned by inflammation; closh.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
An inflammatory fever of the body, or acute rheumatism; as, chest founder. See Chest ffounder.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v.
1 (of a ship) fill with water and sink. 2 (of a plan etc.) Fail. 3 (of a horse or its rider) stumble, fall lame, stick in mud etc. [related to *found2]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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