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Fount

Fount, n.

noun

(Print.) A complete set or assortment of types of a certain kind; a font.

Fount or Fount'ain, n.

noun

n. [O. Fr. font, funt; Fr. fontaine, Pr., Sp., It., & L. Lat. fontana, from Lat. fons, fontis, fountain. See FONT.]

Sense 1. A spring, or natural source of water; a spring or issuing of water from the earth.

Sense 2. An artificially produced jet or stream of water; also, the structure or works in which such a jet or stream rises or flows; a basin built and constantly supplied with pure water for drinking and other useful purposes, or for ornament.

Sense 3. The source from which any thing is supplied continuously; origin; first cause.

Nearer in situation to Judea, the fountain of the gospel. Fuller.

Author of all being, fountain of light. Milton.

An engraved illustration of a tiered fountain with sculpted figures and water flowing into a broad basin.
Fountain.