n. [ See Font. ] (Print.) A font. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. font, funt, fr. L. fons, fontis, a fountain; of uncertain origin, perh. akin to fundere to pour, E. found to cast. Cf. Font. ] A fountain. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. fontaine, LL. fontana, fr. L. fons, fontis. See 2d Fount. ]
Judea, the fountain of the gospel. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
Author of all being,
Fountain of light, thyself invisible. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Air fountain.
Fountain heead,
Fountain inkstand,
Fountain lamp,
Fountain pen,
Fountain pump.
Fountain shell (Zool.),
Fountain of youth,
n.
a. Having no fountain; destitute of springs or sources of water. [ 1913 Webster ]
Barren desert, fountainless and dry. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Full of fountains. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a counter at which people may sit and be served soda pop, ice cream, or light meals. Such counters may be located for example in restaurants, ice cream shops, drugstores, departments stores. [ PJC ]