Founder

n.	1.	One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.
	1.	One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types. Fonder's dust Same as Facing, 4. Founder's sand a kind of sand suitable for purposes of molding.
v. i.	1.	(Naut.) To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship. [imp. & p. p. Foundered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Foundering.]
	2.	To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse. For which his horse fearé gan to turn, And leep aside, and foundrede as he leep. - Chaucer.
	3.	To fail; to miscarry.
v. t.	1.	To cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him.
n.	1.	(Far.) A lameness in the foot of a horse, occasioned by inflammation; closh.

Noun	1.	founder - inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse Synonyms: laminitis
	2.	founder - a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country" Synonyms: beginner, founding father, father
	3.	founder - a worker who makes metal castings
Verb	1.	founder - fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered" Synonyms: fall flat, fall through, flop
	2.	founder - sink below the surface
	3.	founder - 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" Synonyms: cave in, collapse, fall in, give way, give, break
	4.	founder - stumble and nearly fall; "the horses foundered"

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