v. Sc. [? repr. OE. (á-)fréoðan to foam (pa. pple. -froðen: cf. FROTH sb.).]
1. intr. To froth or foam.
1785. Burns, Sc. Drink, x.
| When Vulcan gies his bellows breath, | |
| An’ ploughman gather wi’ their graith, | |
| O rare to see thee fizz an’ freath I’ th’ lugget caup! |
2. trans. To make to froth or lather.
1725. Ramsay, Gent. Sheph., I. ii. song v.
| For see the Sun | |
| Is right far up, and we’re no yet begun | |
| To freath the Graith. |
