2 entries under this word

Font

Fŏnt, n.

noun

[A-S. font, O. Fr. font, funt, N. Fr. fonts, or fonts baptismaux, pl.; Pr. font, It. fonte, fonte battesimale, from Lat. fons, fountain, O. Fr. font, funt, Pr. font, O. Sp. & It. fonte, N. Sp. fuente, N. Fr. fontaine.]

A fountain; a spring; a source. Drayton. Young.
A basin or stone vessel in which water is contained for baptizing.

That name was given me at the font. Shak.

An ornate baptismal font with a wide basin supported by sculpted figures on a tiered pedestal. — Baptismal Font.

Fōnt, n.

noun

n. [Fr. fonte, from fondre, to melt or cast, from Lat. fundere, to pour out, to cast. See FONDUS and FOUND.] (Print.) A complete assortment of printing types of one size, including a due proportion of all the letters in the alphabet, large and small, points, accents, and whatever else is necessary for printing with that size or variety of type; a fount.