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foundered, ppl. a.|ˈfaʊndəd|
[f. founder v. + -ed1.]
†1. Undermined, made to give way. Obs.
a1661Fuller Worthies (1840) I. 119 A foundered and failing foundation.
2. Of a horse: Affected with founder; lamed.
1543tr. Act 20 Rich. II, c. 5 The sayde horses become al lost and foundred [original AF. foundez]. 1599B. Jonson Cynthia's Rev. i. i, As tender as the foot of a foundred nagge. 1640Fuller Joseph's Coat 1 Cor. xi. (1867) 81 So our judgment will be partial and favourable to us, as foundered feet will never tread hard. 1726Swift Corr. Wks. 1841 II. 596 Shall gallop a foundered horse ten miles upon a causeway and get home safe. 1869Blackmore Lorna D. xxiii, Your horse was greatly foundered.
fig.1642Fuller Holy & Prof. St. ii. i. 51 He not only hears but examines his Client, and pincheth the cause, where he fears it is foundred. 1822Byron Vis. Judgm. xci, Ere he could get a word Of all his founder'd verses under way.
3. Of a vessel: Sunk, wrecked.
a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Founder'd, Ship at Sea, that sprung a Leak and Sunk downright. 1762–9Falconer Shipwr. iii. 634 They..Across the founder'd deck o'erwhelming roar. |