Founder

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