founderl (founder)

[ dour, fondeur (mod. F. fondateur = Pr. fund a tor, fondador = Sp. Pg. fundador = It. fonda tore ), Julius Cæsar was the first founder of this tower, which he erected to the end to fortifie that place. Coryat , Crudities, I. 10. (6) An originator; one from whom anything derives its beginning; an author: as, the founder of a sect of philosophers; the founder of a family. At Saynt Stevens kirke the i laid him with honoure. Himseld dit [did] it wirke, he was thar fondoure . Rob . of Brunne , tr. of Langtoft's Chron. (ed. Hearne), p. 84. Each person is the founder Of his own fortune, good or bad. Fletcher ( and another ), Love's Pilgrimage, i. 1. Bishop Robinson. has been looked upon as the founder of the eighteenth century school of English di Stubbs , Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 5. plomacy. (c) One who establishes by endowment; one who provides a permanent fund for any purpose: as, the founder of a college or hospital. Here stands my father rector, And you profe ors; you shall all profe Something, and live there, with her grace and me Your founders . B. Jonson, Staple of News, iv. 1. Huge cathedral fronts of every age,. The statues, king, or saint, or founder , fell. Tennyson, Sea Dreams. 4. A fund invested for a benevolent or charita- ble purpose; a donation or legacy for the sup- (dt) A creator; a maker. port of an institution, as a school or hospital, or of some specific object, as a college pro- fe or ship, a ward in a hospital, etc.; an en- dowment. He that is mi foundeor may hit folfulle, That was ded on the cros & bouzte us so deore. Joseph of Arimathie (E. E. T. S.), p. 3. founder2 (foun'der), n. [ fondeur , F. fondeur = Sp. Pg. fun did or = It. fund i tore , fund at or , * fund it or (L. fusor ), fundere , founder pp. fusus, pour, found: see found3.] One who founds metals, or articles of metal or gla (the material of which is called metal ); a caster: as, a founder of cannon, bells, printing-types, etc. Item, The Court doth order and declare that there shall be foure Founders of letters for printing allowed, and no more. Decree of Star Chamber concerning Printing , xxvii. The " founder ," as he is called, with his staff of a istants or "crew," now takes charge of the furnace. Gla -making, p. 120. Founders' dust, charcoal-powder, and coal and cokedust, ground fine, and sifted for casting purposes.Founders' sand, fine sand used for making foundry molds.