fountin.html - n.
poet. a spring or fountain; a source. [back-form. f. FOUNTAIN after MOUNT(2)]

fountin.html - n.
(also font) Printing a set of type of one face or size. [F fonte f. fondre FOUND(3)]

fountin.html - n.
1 a a jet or jets of water made to spout for ornamental purposes or for drinking. b a structure provided for this.
2 a structure for the constant public supply of drinking-water.
3 a natural spring of water.
4 a source (in physical or abstract senses).
5 = soda-fountain.
6 a reservoir for oil, ink, etc.

fountain-head an original source. fountain-pen a pen with a reservoir or cartridge holding ink.

fountained adj. (also in comb.). [ME f. OF fontaine f. LL fontana fem. of L fontanus (adj.) f. fons fontis a spring]

fountin.html - {n.} A close-fitting garment designed for women to wear underneath their clothes to make them look slim; a piece of woman's underwear. * /Jane wears a foundation garment under her evening dress./

fountin.html - past and past part. of FIND.

fountin.html - v.
1 tr. a establish (esp. with an endowment). b originate or initiate (an institution).
2 tr. be the original builder or begin the building of (a town etc.).
3 tr. lay the base of (a building etc.).
4 (foll. by on, upon) a tr. construct or base (a story, theory, rule, etc.) according to a specified principle or ground. b intr. have a basis in.

founding father a person associated with a founding, esp. an American statesman at the time of the Revolution. [ME f. OF fonder f. L fundare f. fundus bottom]