Fondus, n.

Fondus (fŏn'du), n. [Fr. fondu, properly p. p. of fondre, to melt, to soften, to blend, from Lat. fundere, to pour out, to cast, to found.] A style of printing calico, paper-hangings, &c., in which the colors, like those of the rainbow, are melted or graduated into each other. Ure.