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Quotation dates: 1456, 1531-1560, 1628
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Froth, Froith, n. Also: froath, frooth. [ME. froth, frooth, frothe (14th c.), ON. froða.] Froth. 1456 Hay II. 127/13.
[Lack of food] fillis the stomak of a froith of fantasy quhilk hinderis syne the appetite 1531 Bell. Boece I. p. xii.
This othir wenche … wes get of frothis of the see 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 9542.
Froith ran fra fronts of the feirs forsie steids 1628 Mure Doomesday 51.
Which fleeting froaths … on rocke of shipwrack led
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