Definition of fountain

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Fountain (n.) The source from which anything proceeds, or from which anything is supplied continuously; origin; source..

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Emanation :: Emanation (n.) The act of flowing or proceeding from a fountain head or origin.
Artificial :: Artificial (a.) Made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as, artificial heat or light, gems, salts, minerals, fountains, flowers..
Fountful :: Fountful (a.) Full of fountains.
Ageless :: Ageless (a.) Without old age limits of duration; as, fountains of ageless youth..
Perennial :: Perennial (a.) ing or continuing through the year; as, perennial fountains..
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..
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..
Pegomancy :: Pegomancy (n.) Divination by fountains.
Fountain :: Fountain (n.) A spring of water issuing from the earth.
Springiness :: Springhead (n.) A fountain or source.
Canopy :: Canopy (n.) Also, a rooflike covering, supported on pillars over an altar, a statue, a fountain, etc..
Brim :: Brim (n.) The edge or margin, as of a fountain, or of the water contained in it; the brink; border..
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..
Wellhead :: Wellhead (n.) A source, spring, or fountain..
Castalian :: Castalian (a.) Of or pertaining to Castalia, a mythical fountain of inspiration on Mt. Parnassus sacred to the Muses..
Hermogenian :: Hermogenian (n.) A disciple of Hermogenes, an heretical teacher who lived in Africa near the close of the second century. He held matter to be the fountain of all evil, and that souls and spirits are formed of corrupt matter..
Waterwork :: Waterwork (n.) An hydraulic apparatus, or a system of works or fixtures, by which a supply of water is furnished for useful or ornamental purposes, including dams, sluices, pumps, aqueducts, distributing pipes, fountains, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural..
Headspring :: Headspring (n.) Fountain; source.
Well :: Well (v. i.) An issue of water from the earth; a spring; a fountain.
Source :: Source (n.) The rising from the ground, or beginning, of a stream of water or the like; a spring; a fountain..
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