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noun
1.
a receptacle, usually of stone, as in a baptistery or church, containing the water used in baptism.
2.
a receptacle for holy water; stoup.
3.
a productive source: The book is a font of useful tips for travelers.
4.
the reservoir for oil in a lamp.
5.
Archaic. a fountain.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English; Old English font, fant < Latin font- (stem of fōns) baptismal font, spring, fountain
before 1000; Middle English; Old English font, fant < Latin font- (stem of fōns) baptismal font, spring, fountain
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font
"typeface," 1683, from M.Fr. fonte, fem. pp. of fondre "melt" (see found (2)). So called because all the letters were cast at the same time.
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