headspring

Noun
Synonyms: fountainheadhead

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. the source of water from which a stream arises“they tracked him back toward the head of the stream”Synonyms: fountainheadheadType of beginning, origin
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Head′spring′ (hĕd′sprĭng′), noun

Fountain; source.

The headspring of our belief.— Thomas Stapleton

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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