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Fountain   /fˈaʊntən/   Listen
Fountain

noun
1.
A structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises.
2.
A natural flow of ground water.  Synonyms: natural spring, outflow, outpouring, spring.
3.
An artificially produced flow of water.  Synonym: jet.
4.
A plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water.  Synonym: fount.



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"Fountain" Quotes from Famous Books



... land and sea, to appoint all military officers, and to conduct all warlike operations, without the control or advice of any person whatsoever. It authorized him, with consent of the states, to appoint all financial and judicial officers, created him the supreme executive chief, and fountain of justice and pardon, and directed him "to maintain the exercise only of the Reformed evangelical religion, without, however, permitting that inquiries should be made into any man's belief or conscience, or that any injury or hindrance should be offered ...
— The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-1566 • John Lothrop Motley

... leaving my big room, I was accosted politely by a man who said he was glad to be my neighbour, and offered to take me to the fountain if I were going there. I accepted his offer. He was a tall fair man, about fifty years old; he must once have been handsome, but his excessive politeness should have made me suspect him; however, I wanted ...
— The Memoires of Casanova, Complete • Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

... the crowd moved up and down without rest; it drifted and returned; it circled round and round the fountain. In the open spaces the intoxicated motor-cars and taxi-cabs darted and tore with the folly of moths and the fury of destroyers. They stung the air with their hooting. Flags, intoxicated flags, still hung from their ...
— The Tree of Heaven • May Sinclair

... was that I first, in any transcending sense, fell under the empire of a poet. Here was an endless fountain of immortal drink: here was a history potent to send a young mind from its bodily tenement. The pleasure was too personal to be completely shared; for the most part J—— and I read not together, but each by each, he sitting ...
— Plum Pudding - Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned • Christopher Morley

... A Fountain of Tears, empying it self into three Rivulets, viz. Of Compunction, Compassion, Devotion; or Sobs of Nature sanctified by Grace. Languaged in several Soliloquies and prayers upon various Subjects, for the benefit of ...
— The accomplisht cook - or, The art & mystery of cookery • Robert May


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