fount
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Noun (2)
- a specific size and style of type within a type familySynonyms: fonttypefacefacecaseType of typeKinds sans serif, boldface, italic, Gothic, unicameral script, bicameral script, screen font, proportional font, font cartridge, typewriter fontMember of type family
- a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of waterSynonyms: fountainType of plumbing fixture
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Fount noun
Origin: See Font.
Printing A font.
Fount noun
Origin: OF. font, funt, fr. L. fons, fontis, a fountain; of uncertain origin, perh. akin to fundere to pour, E. found to cast. Cf. Font.
A fountain.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54