FOUND'ER, n
1. One that founds, establishes and erects one that lays a foundation as the founder of a temple or city.
2. One who begins an author one from whom any thing originates as the founder of a sect of philosophers the founder of a family or race.
3. One who endows one who furnishes a permanent fund for the support of an institution as the founder of a college or hospital.
4. A caster one who casts metals in various forms as a founder of cannon, belles, hardware, printing types, &c.
FOUND'ER,
1. In seamen's language, to fill or be filled and sink, as a ship.
2. To fail to miscarry.
3. To trip to fell.
FOUND'ER, To cause internal inflammation and great soreness in the feet of a horse, so as to disable or lame him.
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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