fount

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Synonym of fountain (“a natural source of water”); a spring.

   “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. isim A device from which poultry may drink; a waterer.

   “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.”

3. isim That from which something proceeds; an origin, a source.

   “He is a real fount of knowledge!”

4. isim Archaic spelling of font.

   “For the small characters it was in fact imperative to use such a fount as was available; not to mention that no strictly accurate fount of Chinese type has as yet been cast.”

5. fiil Alternative form of found (past tense of find)