headspring
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (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