OZDIC

fountain

UK /ˈfaʊn.tɪn/ US [ˈfaʊn.tn̩]
noun 5name 5verb 1

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noun

1

A natural source of water; a spring.

A little fountaine became a riuer, and there was light, & the Sunne, and much water: this riuer is Eſther, whō the King married and made Queene.

2

An artificial, usually ornamental, water feature (usually in a garden or public place) consisting of one or more streams of water originating from a statue or other structure.

His house is right beside that fountain on Street 15.

3

The structure from which an artificial fountain can issue.

As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and he fled away with a cameo note.

4

A reservoir from which liquid can be drawn.

They heard her rouse the sleeping servant, and with her enter the kitchen; then the noise of a fire being lighted and the fountain being filled came to the watchers.

5

A source or origin of a flow (e.g., of favors or knowledge).

Nothing will pleaſe ſome Men, but Books ſtuff’d with Antiquity, groaning under the weight of Learned Quotations drawn from the Fountains: And what is all this but Pilfering.

My lighter moods are like to these, ⁠That out of words a comfort win; ⁠But there are other griefs within, And tears that at their fountain freeze; […]

verb

1

To flow or gush as if from a fountain.

Lava fountained from the volcano.

The fireflies swept toward him from all directions, in streams and rivers and currents of light, a vortex a hundred yards across, spiraling into the brighter center. They met over his supine body like ocean breakers, cascading, fountaining into the air.

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