(foun′dər) noun
One who makes metal castings.

(foun′dər) v.i.
1. Naut. To fill with water and sink.
2. To collapse; cave in; fail.
3. To stumble; go lame, as a horse.
4. To have founder.
—v.t.
5. Naut. To cause to sink.
6. To cause to go lame.
—noun
1. Inflammation of the tissue in the foot of a horse, commonly due to overfeeding: also called laminitis.
2. Act of foundering. [<OF fondrer sink <fond bottom <L fundus]