2. To form foam, or become filled with foam; — said of a steam boiler when the water is unduly agitated
and frothy, as because of chemical action.
Foam
(Foam), v. t. To cause to foam; as, to foam the goblet; also to throw out with rage or violence, as
foam. "Foaming out their own shame." Jude 13.
Foamingly
(Foam"ing*ly) adv. With foam; frothily.
Foamless
(Foam"less), a. Having no foam.
Foamy
(Foam"y) a. Covered with foam; frothy; spumy.
Behold how high the foamy billows ride!
Dryden. Fob
(Fob) n. [Cf. Prov. G. fuppe pocket.] A little pocket for a watch.
Fob chain, a short watch chain worn with a watch carried in the fob.
Fob
(Fob) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fobbed (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Fobbing.] [Cf.Fop.]
1. To beat; to maul. [Obs.]
2. To cheat; to trick; to impose on. Shak.
To fob off, to shift off by an artifice; to put aside; to delude with a trick."A conspiracy of bishops could
prostrate and fob off the right of the people." Milton.
Focal
(Fo"cal) a. [Cf. F. focal. See Focus.] Belonging to,or concerning, a focus; as, a focal point.
Focal distance, or length, of a lens or mirror (Opt.), the distance of the focus from the surface of
the lens or mirror, or more exactly, in the case of a lens, from its optical center. —Focal distance of a
telescope, the distance of the image of an object from the object glass.
Focalization
(Fo`cal*i*za"tion) n. The act of focalizing or bringing to a focus, or the state of being focalized.
Focalize
(Fo"cal*ize) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Focalized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Focalizing ] To bring to a focus; to
focus; to concentrate.
Light is focalized in the eye, sound in the ear.
De Quincey. Focillate
(Foc"il*late) v. t. [L. focilatus, p. p. of focillare.] To nourish. [Obs.] Blount.
Focillation
(Foc`il*la"tion) n. Comfort; support. [Obs.]
Focimeter
(Fo*cim"e*ter) n. [Focus + -meter.] (Photog.) An assisting instrument for focusing an object
in or before a camera. Knight.
