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    Font , n. [F. fonte, fr. fondre to melt or cast. See Found to cast, and cf. Fount a font.] (Print.) A complete assortment of printing type of one size, including a due proportion of all the letters in the alphabet, large and small, points, accents, and whatever else is necessary for printing with that variety of types; a fount.
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    Font, 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.
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            Bathing forever in the font of bliss.
      Young.

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    2. A basin or stone vessel in which water is contained for baptizing.
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                 That name was given me at the font.
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