fountn.¹

Brit.

/fɒnt/,

/faʊnt/, U.S.

/fɑnt/,

/faʊnt/

Etymology: Appears late in 16th cent.; < French font or Latin font-em on the analogy of mount, mountain, etc.

Chiefly poetic.

a. A spring, source, fountain n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > spring > [noun]

welleOE

walma897

spring?1316

spring wellc1340

water springc1450

source1477

fountain1490

quick-spring1530

eye1535

fountainhead1585

fount1594

springlet1661

keld1697

urn1726

spout head1733

spout1778

seep1824

the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun]

welleOE

mothereOE

ordeOE

wellspringeOE

fathereOE

headeOE

oreOE

wellspringOE

rootc1175

morea1200

beginningc1200

head wella1325

sourcec1374

principlea1382

risinga1382

springinga1382

fountain14..

springerc1410

nativity?a1425

racinea1425

spring1435

headspring?a1439

seminaryc1440

originationc1443

spring wellc1450

sourdre1477

primordialc1487

naissance1490

wellhead?1492

offspringa1500

conduit-head1517

damc1540

springhead1547

principium1550

mint1555

principal1555

centre1557

head fountain1563

parentage1581

rise1589

spawna1591

fount1594

parent1597

taproot1601

origin1604

fountainhead1606

radix1607

springa1616

abundary1622

rist1622

primitive1628

primary1632

land-spring1642

extraction1655

upstart1669

progenerator1692

fontala1711

well-eye1826

first birth1838

ancestry1880

Quelle1893

1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. G1 Why should..Todes infect faire founts with venome mud?

1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. i. 154 Proofes as cleere as Founts in Iuly, when Wee see each graine of grauell.

1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper i. 8 As naturall a fluxe and emanation forth of it..as the water in the rivelet hath from the fount.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 357 And flours aloft shading the Fount of Life.

1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix 562 Thy milky founts my infant lips have drain'd.

1744 J. Thomson Spring in Seasons (new ed.) 19 High to their Fount..trace up the Brooks.

a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 308 By Kedron's brook, or Siloa's holy fount.

b. transferred and figurative.

ΚΠ

?1606 M. Drayton Eglog iv, in Poemes sig. D8^v From this fount did all those mischiefes flow.

1833 E. B. Barrett tr. Æschylus Prometheus Bound in Prometheus & Misc. Poems 8 Because I stole away The ferule-treasured secret fount of fire.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Locksley Hall in Poems (new ed.) II. 111 Ancient founts of inspiration well thro' all my fancy yet.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People v. §3. 235 The Archbishop turned fiercely upon Oxford as the fount and centre of the new heresies.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

fountn.²

Brit.

/fɒnt/,

/faʊnt/, U.S.

/fɑnt/,

/faʊnt/

Forms: 1600s– fount, 1700s found.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: font n.²

Etymology: Alteration of font n.², by analogy with font n.¹ beside fount n.¹ Compare slightly earlier fond n.³, fund n.² N.E.D. (1897) gives only the pronunciation (fǫnt) /fɒnt/.

Printing and Typography.

Originally (in letterpress printing): a set of type of a particular size, weight, and style (such as roman, italic, bold, etc.), forming part of a type family; (in later use occasionally in digital typography) a particular style of typeface; (more generally) a typeface or type family; = font n.² 2. Frequently in fount of type, (formerly also) † fount of letter (obsolete).The term is now largely restricted to the historical study of printing.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > style of type > [noun] > type face or font

letter1576

alphabet1658

font1664

fond1678

fount of type1683

face1876

typeface1887

1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 13 A Fount (properly a Fund) of Letter of all Bodies.

1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. Dict. 377 Fount, is the whole number of Letters that are Cast of the same Body and Face at one time.

1723 B. Mandeville Fable Bees (ed. 2) i. 258 Break down the Printing-Presses, melt the Founds.

1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 248 A Complete Fount of Letter.

1827 Scotsman 11 Apr. 28/2 Very superior Founts of Type..from Double Pica to Pearl, together with capital Founts of Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, and Syriac; a good assortment of Titling Letter, Script, Black, and Ornamental Letter.

1916 L. A. Legros & J. C. Grant Typogr. Printing-Surfaces ix. 121 A fount of a small body generally has a greater a–z length than a large-body fount of the same series.

1971 R. Brewer Approach to Print viii. 103 (caption) This type has just been cast and awaits assembly into complete founts.

2011 B. Cummings in Bk. Common Prayer Introd. p. liv This latter book uses a tiny fount—the miniscule letters are around 1 mm in size.

2013 @lucygriffithss 11 Mar. in twitter.com (accessed 21 Sept. 2020) I have changed the fount on my phone, it looks so cool.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fount
释义	fountn.¹ Brit. /fɒnt/, /faʊnt/, U.S. /fɑnt/, /faʊnt/ Etymology: Appears late in 16th cent.; < French font or Latin font-em on the analogy of mount, mountain, etc. Chiefly poetic. a. A spring, source, fountain n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > spring > [noun] welleOE walma897 spring?1316 spring wellc1340 water springc1450 source1477 fountain1490 quick-spring1530 eye1535 fountainhead1585 fount1594 springlet1661 keld1697 urn1726 spout head1733 spout1778 seep1824 the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun] welleOE mothereOE ordeOE wellspringeOE fathereOE headeOE oreOE wellspringOE rootc1175 morea1200 beginningc1200 head wella1325 sourcec1374 principlea1382 risinga1382 springinga1382 fountain14.. springerc1410 nativity?a1425 racinea1425 spring1435 headspring?a1439 seminaryc1440 originationc1443 spring wellc1450 sourdre1477 primordialc1487 naissance1490 wellhead?1492 offspringa1500 conduit-head1517 damc1540 springhead1547 principium1550 mint1555 principal1555 centre1557 head fountain1563 parentage1581 rise1589 spawna1591 fount1594 parent1597 taproot1601 origin1604 fountainhead1606 radix1607 springa1616 abundary1622 rist1622 primitive1628 primary1632 land-spring1642 extraction1655 upstart1669 progenerator1692 fontala1711 well-eye1826 first birth1838 ancestry1880 Quelle1893 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. G1 Why should..Todes infect faire founts with venome mud? View more context for this quotation 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. i. 154 Proofes as cleere as Founts in Iuly, when Wee see each graine of grauell. View more context for this quotation 1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper i. 8 As naturall a fluxe and emanation forth of it..as the water in the rivelet hath from the fount. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 357 And flours aloft shading the Fount of Life. View more context for this quotation 1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix 562 Thy milky founts my infant lips have drain'd. 1744 J. Thomson Spring in Seasons (new ed.) 19 High to their Fount..trace up the Brooks. a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 308 By Kedron's brook, or Siloa's holy fount. b. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ ?1606 M. Drayton Eglog iv, in Poemes sig. D8^v From this fount did all those mischiefes flow. 1833 E. B. Barrett tr. Æschylus Prometheus Bound in Prometheus & Misc. Poems 8 Because I stole away The ferule-treasured secret fount of fire. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Locksley Hall in Poems (new ed.) II. 111 Ancient founts of inspiration well thro' all my fancy yet. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People v. §3. 235 The Archbishop turned fiercely upon Oxford as the fount and centre of the new heresies. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). fountn.² Brit. /fɒnt/, /faʊnt/, U.S. /fɑnt/, /faʊnt/ Forms: 1600s– fount, 1700s found. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: font n.² Etymology: Alteration of font n.², by analogy with font n.¹ beside fount n.¹ Compare slightly earlier fond n.³, fund n.² N.E.D. (1897) gives only the pronunciation (fǫnt) /fɒnt/. Printing and Typography. Originally (in letterpress printing): a set of type of a particular size, weight, and style (such as roman, italic, bold, etc.), forming part of a type family; (in later use occasionally in digital typography) a particular style of typeface; (more generally) a typeface or type family; = font n.² 2. Frequently in fount of type, (formerly also) † fount of letter (obsolete).The term is now largely restricted to the historical study of printing. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > style of type > [noun] > type face or font letter1576 alphabet1658 font1664 fond1678 fount of type1683 face1876 typeface1887 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 13 A Fount (properly a Fund) of Letter of all Bodies. 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. Dict. 377 Fount, is the whole number of Letters that are Cast of the same Body and Face at one time. 1723 B. Mandeville Fable Bees (ed. 2) i. 258 Break down the Printing-Presses, melt the Founds. 1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 248 A Complete Fount of Letter. 1827 Scotsman 11 Apr. 28/2 Very superior Founts of Type..from Double Pica to Pearl, together with capital Founts of Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, and Syriac; a good assortment of Titling Letter, Script, Black, and Ornamental Letter. 1916 L. A. Legros & J. C. Grant Typogr. Printing-Surfaces ix. 121 A fount of a small body generally has a greater a–z length than a large-body fount of the same series. 1971 R. Brewer Approach to Print viii. 103 (caption) This type has just been cast and awaits assembly into complete founts. 2011 B. Cummings in Bk. Common Prayer Introd. p. liv This latter book uses a tiny fount—the miniscule letters are around 1 mm in size. 2013 @lucygriffithss 11 Mar. in twitter.com (accessed 21 Sept. 2020) I have changed the fount on my phone, it looks so cool. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1594n.²1683
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