Froth (?), n. [OE. frothe, Icel.
froða; akin to Dan. fraade, Sw. fradga, AS.
āfreoðan to froth.]
1. The bubbles caused in fluids or liquors by
fermentation or agitation; spume; foam; esp., a spume of saliva
caused by disease or nervous excitement.
2. Any empty, senseless show of wit or
eloquence; rhetoric without thought. Johnson.
It was a long speech, but all
froth.
L'Estrange.
3. Light, unsubstantial matter.
Tusser.
Froth insect (Zoöl.), the cuckoo
spit or frog hopper; -- called also froth spit, froth
worm, and froth fly. -- Froth spit.
See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo.
Froth, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Frothed (?); p. pr. & vb. n..
Frothing.] 1. To cause to foam.
2. To spit, vent, or eject, as
froth.
He . . . froths treason at his
mouth.
Dryden.
Is your spleen frothed out, or have ye
more?
Tennyson.
3. To cover with froth; as, a horse
froths his chain.
Froth, v. i. To throw up or out
spume, foam, or bubbles; to foam; as beer froths; a horse
froths.
