All 3 Uses of
founder
in
The Two Towers
- At last the wizard passed into a song of which the hobbit caught the words: a few lines came clear to his ears through the rushing of the wind: _Tall ships and tall kings Three times three, What brought they from the foundered land Over the flowing sea?†
Chpt 3.11 (definition 1)
- They would have foundered in the Dead Marshes but for Gollum.†
Chpt 4.6 (definition 1) *
Uses with a very rare meaning:
- And yet how could any vessel ride the foam of the great falls and not founder in the boiling pools, though laden with water?†
Chpt 4.5 (definition 2) *
Definitions:
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(1) (founder as in: peace talks foundered) to fail or break-down
or:
to physically sink below the surface or fall
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(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus) A less common meaning refers to someone who manufactures things made from cast metal.