Founder
Founder , noun
[Compare Old French fondeor, French fondateur, Latin fundator.]
One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.
Founder , noun
[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.
Collocations (2)
Fonder's dust , Same as Facing, 4.
Founder's sand , a kind of sand suitable for purposes of molding.
Founder , intransitive verb
[Old French fondrer to fall in, compare French s'effondrer, from fond bottom, Latin fundus. See Found to establish.]
1.
(Nautical) 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 fearé gan to turn,
And leep aside, and foundrede as he leep.
3.
To fail; to miscarry.
All his tricks founder.
Founder , transitive verb
To cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him.
Founder , noun
(a)
(Farriery) A lameness in the foot of a horse, occasioned by inflammation; closh.
(b)
(Farriery) An inflammatory fever of the body, or acute rheumatism; as, chest founder. See Chest ffounder. — James White