Fondly
(Fond"ly) adv.
1. Foolishly. [Archaic] Verstegan
Make him speak fondly like a frantic man.
Shak. 2. In a fond manner; affectionately; tenderly.
My heart, untraveled, fondly turns to thee.
Goldsmith. Fondness
(Fond"ness), n.
1. The quality or state of being fond; foolishness. [Obs.]
Fondness it were for any, being free,
To covet fetters, though they golden be.
Spenser. 2. Doting affection; tender liking; strong appetite, propensity, or relish; as, he had a fondness for truffles.
My heart had still some foolish fondness for thee.
Addison. Syn. — Attachment; affection; love; kindness.
Fondon
(Fon"don) n. [Cf. F. fondant flux.] (Metal.) A large copper vessel used for hot amalgamation.
Fondus
(||Fon`dus") n. [F. fondu, prop. p. p. of fondre to melt, blend. See Found to cast.] A style
of printing calico, paper hangings, etc., in which the colors are in bands and graduated into each other.
Ure.
Fone
(Fone) n.; pl. of Foe. [Obs.] Spenser.
Fonge
(Fong"e) v. t. [See Fang, v. t.] To take; to receive. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Fonly
(Fon"ly) adv. [See Fon.] Foolishly; fondly. [Obs.] Spenser.
Fonne
(Fon"ne) n. A fon. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Font
(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.
Font
(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.
Bathing forever in the font of bliss.
Young. 2. A basin or stone vessel in which water is contained for baptizing.
That name was given me at the font.
Shak. Fontal
(Font"al) a. Pertaining to a font, fountain, source, or origin; original; primitive. [R.]
From the fontal light of ideas only can a man draw intellectual power.
Coleridge. Fontanel
(Fon"ta*nel`) n. [F. fontanelle, prop., a little fountain, fr. fontaine fountain. See Fountain.]
