founderie.html - n.
a person who founds an institution.

foundership n.

founderie.html - v. & n.
--v.

1 a intr. (of a ship) fill with water and sink. b tr. cause (a ship) to founder.
2 intr. (of a plan etc.) fail.
3 intr. (of earth, a building, etc.) fall down or in, give way.
4 a intr. (of a horse or its rider) fall to the ground, fall from lameness, stick fast in mud etc. b tr. cause (a horse) to break down, esp. with founder.

--n.

1 inflammation of a horse's foot from overwork.
2 rheumatism of the chest-muscles in horses. [ME f. OF fondrer, esfondrer submerge, collapse, ult. f. L fundus bottom]

founderie.html - {n.} A close-fitting garment designed for women to wear underneath their clothes to make them look slim; a piece of woman's underwear. * /Jane wears a foundation garment under her evening dress./

founderie.html - past and past part. of FIND.

founderie.html - v.
1 tr. a establish (esp. with an endowment). b originate or initiate (an institution).
2 tr. be the original builder or begin the building of (a town etc.).
3 tr. lay the base of (a building etc.).
4 (foll. by on, upon) a tr. construct or base (a story, theory, rule, etc.) according to a specified principle or ground. b intr. have a basis in.

founding father a person associated with a founding, esp. an American statesman at the time of the Revolution. [ME f. OF fonder f. L fundare f. fundus bottom]

founderie.html - v.tr.
1 a melt and mould (metal). b fuse (materials for glass).
2 make by founding.

founder n. [ME f. OF fondre f. L fundere fus- pour]