foundation school

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1.The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect. [1913 Webster]

2.That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; groundwork; basis. [1913 Webster]

Behold, I lay in Zion, for a foundation, a stone . . . a precious corner stone, a sure foundation.— Is. xxviii. 16.[1913 Webster]

The foundation of a free common wealth.— Motley.[1913 Webster]

3.(Arch.) The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course (see Base course (a), under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry. [1913 Webster]

4.A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment. [1913 Webster]

He was entered on the foundation of Westminster.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]

5.That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity; as, the Ford Foundation. [1913 Webster]

Against the canon laws of our foundation.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

Foundation course. See Base course, under Base, n.

Foundation muslin, an open-worked gummed fabric used for stiffening dresses, bonnets, etc.

Foundation school, in England, an endowed school.

To be on a foundation, to be entitled to a support from the proceeds of an endowment, as a scholar or a fellow of a college. [1913 Webster]