-fonz-

n. [ AS. font, fant, fr. L. fons, fontis, spring, fountain; cf. OF. font, funt, F. fonts, fonts baptismaux, pl. See Fount. ] 1. A fountain; a spring; a source. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bathing forever in the font of bliss. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A basin or stone vessel in which water is contained for baptizing. [ 1913 Webster ]

That name was given me at the font. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to a font, fountain, source, or origin; original; primitive. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

From the fontal light of ideas only can a man draw intellectual power. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. fontanelle, prop., a little fountain, fr. fontaine fountain. See Fountain. ] 1. (Med.) An issue or artificial ulcer for the discharge of humors from the body.[ Obs. ] Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) One of the membranous intervals between the incompleted angles of the parietal and neighboring bones of a fetal or young skull; -- so called because it exhibits a rhythmical pulsation. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the human fetus there are six fontanels, of which the anterior, or bregmatic, situated at the junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures, is much the largest, and remains open a considerable time after birth. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] (Anat.) Same as Fontanel, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]