[f. prec. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. FOAM.
1382. Wyclif, Num. xi. 20. To the tyme that it [flesh] come out bi ȝoure noose thrillis, and be turnyd into fomynge.
1573. Baret, Alv., F 821. A foming, spumatus.
1709. Steele, Tatler, No. 141, 2 March, ¶ 11. He will fall into Ravings and Foamings, ill-becoming the Meekness of his Office, and tending to give Offence and Scandal to all good People.
1772. Priestley, Inst. Relig. (1782), II. 367. The Jewish prophets delivered themselves with gravity and seriousness, worthy of the majesty of him that sent them, and did not use those violent convulsions, foamings at the mouth, and extravagant gestures, which the heathen diviners had recourse to, in order to dazzle and impose upon those who consulted them.
