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Foment
Foment Fo"ment, n.
1. Fomentation.
2. State of excitation; -- perh. confused with ferment.
He came in no conciliatory mood, and the foment was
kept up. --Julian
Ralph.
FomentFoment Fo*ment", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fomented; p. pr. & vb.
n. Fomenting.] [F. fomenter, fr. L. fomentare, fr. fomentum
(for fovimentum) a warm application or lotion, fr. fovere to
warm or keep warm; perh. akin to Gr. ? to roast, and E.
bake.]
1. To apply a warm lotion to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge
wet with warm water or medicated liquid.
2. To cherish with heat; to foster. [Obs.]
Which these soft fires . . . foment and warm.
--Milton.
3. To nurse to life or activity; to cherish and promote by
excitements; to encourage; to abet; to instigate; -- used
often in a bad sense; as, to foment ill humors. --Locke.
But quench the choler you foment in vain. --Dryden.
Exciting and fomenting a religious rebellion.
--Southey. Fomentation
Fomentation Fo`men*ta"tion, n. [?. fomentatio: cf. F.
fomentation.]
1. (Med.)
(a) The act of fomenting; the application of warm, soft,
medicinal substances, as for the purpose of easing
pain, by relaxing the skin, or of discussing tumors.
(b) The lotion applied to a diseased part.
2. Excitation; instigation; encouragement.
Dishonest fomentation of your pride. --Young.
FomentedFoment Fo*ment", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fomented; p. pr. & vb.
n. Fomenting.] [F. fomenter, fr. L. fomentare, fr. fomentum
(for fovimentum) a warm application or lotion, fr. fovere to
warm or keep warm; perh. akin to Gr. ? to roast, and E.
bake.]
1. To apply a warm lotion to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge
wet with warm water or medicated liquid.
2. To cherish with heat; to foster. [Obs.]
Which these soft fires . . . foment and warm.
--Milton.
3. To nurse to life or activity; to cherish and promote by
excitements; to encourage; to abet; to instigate; -- used
often in a bad sense; as, to foment ill humors. --Locke.
But quench the choler you foment in vain. --Dryden.
Exciting and fomenting a religious rebellion.
--Southey. Fomenter
Fomenter Fo*ment"er, n.
One who foments; one who encourages or instigates; as, a
fomenter of sedition.
FomentingFoment Fo*ment", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fomented; p. pr. & vb.
n. Fomenting.] [F. fomenter, fr. L. fomentare, fr. fomentum
(for fovimentum) a warm application or lotion, fr. fovere to
warm or keep warm; perh. akin to Gr. ? to roast, and E.
bake.]
1. To apply a warm lotion to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge
wet with warm water or medicated liquid.
2. To cherish with heat; to foster. [Obs.]
Which these soft fires . . . foment and warm.
--Milton.
3. To nurse to life or activity; to cherish and promote by
excitements; to encourage; to abet; to instigate; -- used
often in a bad sense; as, to foment ill humors. --Locke.
But quench the choler you foment in vain. --Dryden.
Exciting and fomenting a religious rebellion.
--Southey. Polyporus fomentariusPolyporus Po*lyp"o*rus, n.; pl. Polypori. [NL., fr. Gr.
poly`s many + ? a pore.] (Bot.)
A genus of fungi having the under surface full of minute
pores; also, any fungus of this genus.
Note: Polyporus fomentarius was formerly dried and cut in
slices for tinder, called amadou. P. betulinus is
common in America, and forms very large thick white
semicircular excrescences on birch trees. Several
species of Polyporous are considered edible. Polyporus fomentariusPunk Punk, n. [Cf. Spunk.]
1. Wood so decayed as to be dry, crumbly, and useful for
tinder; touchwood.
2. A fungus (Polyporus fomentarius, etc.) sometimes dried
for tinder; agaric.
3. An artificial tinder. See Amadou, and Spunk.
4. A prostitute; a strumpet. [Obsoles.] --Shak. Refoment
Refoment Re`fo*ment" (r?`f?*m?nt"), v. t.
To foment anew.
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