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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.
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{Fonder's dust}. Same as {Facing}, 4.

{Founder's sand}, a kind of sand suitable for purposes of
molding.
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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.
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2. To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.
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For which his horse fear['e] gan to turn,
And leep aside, and foundrede as he leep. --Chaucer.
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3. To fail; to miscarry. "All his tricks founder." --Shak.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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