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1spume — ● spume nom féminin (latin spuma, écume) Liquide couvert d écume à grosses bulles, comme le sang des hémoptysies. ⇒SPUME, subst. fém. PATHOL. ,,Salive écumeuse à grosses bulles, qui apparaît dans certaines crises d hystérie ou d épilepsie (Méd.… …
2Spume Island — is a small, low, rocky island lying 1.5 miles southwest of Bonaparte Point, off the southwest coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago. Spume Island is located at coord|64|48|S|64|07|W|.Spume Island was surveyed by the British Naval… …
3Spume — (sp[=u]m), n. [L. spuma. Cf. {Pumice}, {Spoom}.] Frothy matter raised on liquids by boiling, effervescence, or agitation; froth; foam; scum. [1913 Webster] Materials dark and crude, Of spiritous and fiery spume. Milton. [1913 Webster] …
4Spume — Spume, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Spumed} (sp[=u]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Spuming}.] [L. spumare.] To froth; to foam. [1913 Webster] …
5spume — late 14c., from O.Fr. spume, from L. spuma foam (Cf. It. spuma, Sp. espuma); cognate with O.E. fam, O.H.G. veim foam (see FOAM (Cf. foam)) …
6spume — spume …
7spume — [spju:m] n [U] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin spuma] literary the mass of bubbles that forms on the top of waves when the sea is rough = ↑foam …
8spume — [ spjum ] noun uncount LITERARY a white mass of BUBBLES on the top of a wave …
9spume — *foam, froth, scum, lather, suds, yeast …
10spume — literary ► NOUN ▪ froth or foam, especially that found on waves. ► VERB ▪ froth or foam. ORIGIN Latin spuma …
