To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.

To cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him.

A lameness in the foot of a horse, occasioned by inflammation; closh.

Nutritional ailment resulting from overeating. Lameness in front feet with excessive hoof growth usually occurs.

One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.

Of a set of uniparental replicators, their most recent common ancestor. The oldest letter of a descent group. Of a feature, the first letter that bore this feature. Of a clone group, any member that is not a clone.

An individual from whom at least some present-day members of a population descend and for whom no ancestral information is available. An “effective founder” is one whose ancestors are only represented through that individual.

a starting population among which there is no known genetic relationships. aside from mutation, no closed population can ever have more genetic variation than the founder stock

A vessel sinking as the result of incursion of water into the hull . (A similar word "f ounder" meaning "to move clumsily and with difficulty" is probably a combination of "founder" and "blunder"). See " Sinking."

Sink and go to the bottom.

hen a vessel fills with water and sinks.

when a vessel fills with water and sinks.

One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types.

ironworker who makes castings from iron

a worker who makes metal castings

To fail; to miscarry.

fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered"

break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"