Fount

//faʊnt// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of fountain (“a natural source of water”); a spring. archaic, poetic

    "VVhy ſhould the vvorme intrude the maiden bud? / Or hatefull Kuckcovves [cuckoos] hatch in Sparrovvs neſts? / Or Todes infect faire founts vvith venome mud? / […] / But no perfection is ſo abſolute, / That ſome impuritie doth not pollute."

  2. 2
    Alternative spelling of font (“a set of glyphs of unified design, usually representing the letters of an alphabet and its supplementary characters belonging to one typeface, style, and weight; a typeface; a family of typefaces”). UK, alt-of, alternative

    "Of each Body he provides a Fount ſuitable to ſuch ſorts of VVork as he deſigns to do; But he provides not an equal vvieght^([sic – meaning weight]) of every Fount; Becauſe all theſe Bodies are not in equal uſe: For the Long-Primmer, Pica and Engliſh are the Bodies that are generally moſt uſed; And therefore he provides very large Founts of theſe, viz. of the Long-Primmer in a ſmall Printing-Houſe; Five hundred Pounds vveight Romain and Italica, vvhereof One hundred and fifty Pounds may be Italica."

  3. 3
    a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water wordnet
  4. 4
    A device from which poultry may drink; a waterer. archaic, broadly

    "A. H. Hews & Co., North Cambridge, Mass. Manufacturers of Poultry Water Founts. Capacities one quart, two quarts, three quarts, and four quarts. For sale, wholesale and retail."

  5. 5
    a specific size and style of type within a type family wordnet
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  1. 6
    That from which something proceeds; an origin, a source. figuratively

    "He is a real fount of knowledge!"

Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative form of found (past tense of find) Southern, US, alt-of, alternative

Etymology

Etymology 1

Clipping of fountain, on the pattern of the pair mount, mountain.

Etymology 2

A variant of font, influenced by fount (etymology 1) being a synonym of font (“natural source of water, spring”).

Etymology 3

Variant of found.

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