v. [f. BE- 6 + FOAM sb.] trans. To cover with foam.

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a. 1618.  Sylvester, Handy-Cr., Wks. 463. Th’ angry Steed … Befoams the path.

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1697.  Dryden, Ovid’s Met., viii. (R.). And part he [the boar] churns and part befoams the ground.

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1863.  Barnes, Poems Dorset Dial., 50. The clear brook that did slide … befoam’d white as snow.

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