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font(1) (iou)



font noun1. LOE.
[Latin fons, font- spring, fountain, in specialized eccl. use fons or fontes baptismi water(s) of baptism.]
A receptacle, usu. of stone and free-standing, for the water used in baptism. Also baptismal font. LOE.
b. A receptacle for holy water. M16.
c. The reservoir for oil in a lamp. L19.
A spring, a fountain; the fount or source (of something). LOE.
Comb.: font-name (one's) baptismal name; font-stone = sense 1 above.
fontful noun (rare) as much as a font will hold LME.