Definition of fountain

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Fountain (n.) A spring of water issuing from the earth.

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Pegasus :: Pegasus (n.) A winged horse fabled to have sprung from the body of Medusa when she was slain. He is noted for causing, with a blow of his hoof, Hippocrene, the inspiring fountain of the Muses, to spring from Mount Helicon. On this account he is, in modern times, associated with the Muses, and with ideas of poetic inspiration..
Puit :: Puit (n.) A well; a small stream; a fountain; a spring.
Font :: Font (n.) A fountain; a spring; a source.
Spring :: Spring (v. i.) Any source of supply; especially, the source from which a stream proceeds; as issue of water from the earth; a natural fountain..
Fountful :: Fountful (a.) Full of fountains.
Springiness :: Springhead (n.) A fountain or source.
Ajutage :: Ajutage (n.) A tube through which water is discharged; an efflux tube; as, the ajutage of a fountain..
Pegomancy :: Pegomancy (n.) Divination by fountains.
Stream :: Stream (n.) A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel, reservoir, or fountain; specifically, any course of running water; as, many streams are blended in the Mississippi; gas and steam came from the earth in streams; a stream of molten lead from a furnace; a stream of lava from a volcano..
Fountain :: Fountain (n.) A spring of water issuing from the earth.
Mask :: Mask (n.) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; -- called also mascaron..
Sprinkled :: Springy (superl.) Abounding with springs or fountains; wet; spongy; as, springy land..
Fount :: Fount (n.) A fountain.
Brim :: Brim (n.) The edge or margin, as of a fountain, or of the water contained in it; the brink; border..
Hippocrene :: Hippocrene (n.) A fountain on Mount Helicon in Boeotia, fabled to have burst forth when the ground was struck by the hoof of Pegasus. Also, its waters, which were supposed to impart poetic inspiration..
Fountain :: Fountain (n.) A reservoir or chamber to contain a liquid which can be conducted or drawn off as needed for use; as, the ink fountain in a printing press, etc..
Girandole :: Girandole (n.) A flower stand, fountain, or the like, of branching form..
Fountain :: Fountain (n.) An artificially produced jet or stream of water; also, the structure or works in which such a jet or stream rises or flows; a basin built and constantly supplied with pure water for drinking and other useful purposes, or for ornament..
Narcissus :: Narcissus (n.) A beautiful youth fabled to have been enamored of his own image as seen in a fountain, and to have been changed into the flower called Narcissus..
Wellspring :: Wellspring (n.) A fountain; a spring; a source of continual supply.
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