What does "font" mean?
Font: A fountain; a spring; a source. Bathing forever in the font of bliss. Young.
Additional senses
- 2.A basin or stone vessel in which water is contained for baptizing. That name was given me at the font. Shak.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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