n.
- an ornamental structure in a pool or lake from which one or more jets of water are pumped into the air.
- literary or S. African a natural spring of water.
- a source of something desirable.
- Heraldry a circle with wavy horizontal stripes of blue and white.
v.
spurt or cascade like a fountain.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. fontaine, from late L. fontana, fem. of L. fontanus, from fons, font- ‘a spring’.
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