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fountain
Part of Speech: noun
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2. 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.
Examples of usage:
- At that the old honest man said, Mercy is thy name; by Mercy shalt thou be sustained, and carried through all those difficulties that shall assault thee in thy way, till thou shalt come thither, where thou shalt look the Fountain of Mercy in the face with comfort. - "The Works of John Bunyan Volume 3", John Bunyan.
- What fountain it is I do not know; but some old priest, who lives in a town on the mouth of a river, knows. - "The Magician's Show Box and Other Stories", Lydia Maria Child.
- See, it is a fountain of living gold! - "Six One-Act Plays", Margaret Scott Oliver.