Definition of fountain

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

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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..
Castalian :: Castalian (a.) Of or pertaining to Castalia, a mythical fountain of inspiration on Mt. Parnassus sacred to the Muses..
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..
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..
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..
Emanate :: Emanate (v. i.) To proceed from, as a source or fountain; to take origin; to arise, to originate..
Brim :: Brim (n.) The edge or margin, as of a fountain, or of the water contained in it; the brink; border..
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..
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..
Fontal :: Fontal (a.) Pertaining to a font, fountain, source, or origin; original; primitive..
Fount :: Fount (n.) A fountain.
Staple :: Staple (n.) Hence: Place of supply; source; fountain head.
Origin :: Origin (n.) That from which anything primarily proceeds; the fountain; the spring; the cause; the occasion.
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..
Wellspring :: Wellspring (n.) A fountain; a spring; a source of continual supply.
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..
Well :: Well (v. i.) Fig.: A source of supply; fountain; wellspring.
Fountainless :: Fountainless (a.) Having no fountain; destitute of springs or sources of water.
Sprinkled :: Springy (superl.) Abounding with springs or fountains; wet; spongy; as, springy land..
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