fountain
noun
[ ˈfaʊntɪn ]
• an ornamental structure in a pool or lake from which one or more jets of water are pumped into the air.
• a natural spring of water.
• a roundel barry wavy argent and azure (i.e. a circle with wavy horizontal stripes of white and blue).
fountain
verb
• spurt or cascade like a fountain.
• "a river of cold air fountained into the hold"
Origin:
Middle English (in fountain (sense 2 of the noun)): from Old French fontaine, from late Latin fontana, feminine of Latin fontanus, adjective from fons, font- ‘a spring’.
