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English Dictionary: spume by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spume
n
  1. foam or froth on the sea
v
  1. make froth or foam and become bubbly; "The river foamed"
    Synonym(s): froth, spume, suds
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spume \Spume\, n. [L. spuma. Cf. {Pumice}, {Spoom}.]
      Frothy matter raised on liquids by boiling, effervescence, or
      agitation; froth; foam; scum.
  
               Materials dark and crude, Of spiritous and fiery spume.
                                                                              --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spume \Spume\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Spumed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Spuming}.] [L. spumare.]
      To froth; to foam.
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