Definition of founder
- n. - One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a
foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who
endows.
- n. - One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a
caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types.
- v. i. - To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship.
- v. i. - To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.
- v. i. - To fail; to miscarry.
- v. t. - To cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet
or limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him.
- n. - A lameness in the foot of a horse, occasioned by
inflammation; closh.
- n. - An inflammatory fever of the body, or acute rheumatism;
as, chest founder. See Chest ffounder.