found

verb5

1. •
   To start (an institution or organization).

   • “[…] That woman is stark mad, Lord Stranleigh. Her own father recognised it when he bereft her of all power in the great business he founded. …” — 1913
2. •
   To begin building.
3. •
   To use as a foundation; to base.
4. •
   To form by melting a metal and pouring it into a mould; to cast.

   • Whereof to found their engines. — 1667
5. •
   To melt, especially of metal or glass in an industrial setting.

noun3

1. •
   Food and lodging; board.

   • I'll only give you the usual payment—say five hundred dollars a year, and found." / "And—what?" / "Found—that is, board, you know, and clothing, of course, also. — 1872
2. •
   The period of time when a furnace is at its hottest; the interval in which the furnace is meant to fully melt glass.
3. •
   A thin, single-cut file for comb-makers.

noun1

1. •
   Abbreviation of foundation.