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spumy


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spumous  \Spum"ous\,  Spumy  \Spum"y\,  a.  [L.  spumosus,  ?  spuma 
  foam:  cf  F.  spumeux.] 
  Consisting  of  containing,  or  covered  with  froth,  scum,  or 
  foam;  frothy;  foamy. 
 
  The  spumous  and  florid  state  of  the  blood.  --Arbuthnot. 
 
  The  spumy  waves  proclaim  the  watery  war.  --Dryden. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  spumy 
  adj  :  covered  with  or  resembling  small  bubbles  as  from  being 
  agitated  by  beating  or  heating;  "the  bubbling  candy 
  mixture";  "a  cup  of  foaming  cocoa";  "frothy 
  milkshakes";  "frothy  waves";  "spumy  surf"  [syn:  {bubbling}, 
  {foaming},  {foamy},  {frothing},  {spumous},  {sudsy}] 




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