Spu*mif"er*ous (?), a. [L. spumifier; spuma foam + ferra bear.]
Producing foam.
Spum"i*ness (?), n. The quality or condition of being spumy;
spumescence.
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{ Spum"ous (?), Spum"y (?) }, a. [L. spumosus, &?; spuma foam: cf. F.
spumeux.] Consisting of, containing, or covered with, froth, scum, or
foam; frothy; foamy.
The spumous and florid state of the blood.
Arbuthnot.
The spumy waves proclaim the watery war.
Dryden.
Spun (?), imp. & p. p. of Spin.
Spun hay, hay twisted into ropes for convenient carriage, as on a
military expedition. -- Spun silk, a cheap article produced from floss,
or short- fibered, broken, and waste silk, carded and spun, in
distinction from the long filaments wound from the cocoon. It is often
mixed with cotton. -- Spun yarn (Naut.), a line formed of two or more
rope-yarns loosely twisted.