fontange (fontonzh)

[F., after the Duche e de Fontanges, one of the mistre es of Louis XIV. See def.] A head-dre fashion fontange able in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It arose from the use of a ribbon by the Duche e (then Mademoiselle) de Fontanges (about 1680) to fasten her coiffure when her hat had blown off, with bows falling gracefully over the brow. The name was applied to many modifications of the original simple ribbon or band of lace. A cap with trimmings of lace, and later a high head-dre similar to the commode, were succe ively called by this name. The Duche of Burgundy immediately undre ed, and appeared in a fontange of the new standard. Gentleman Instructed , p. 105. fontaniert, n. See fountaineer . Font arab i an (fon-ta-ra'bi-an), a. [ Fontara- bia , Sp. Fuenterrabia , in Spain, + -an .] Of or pertaining to Font arabia or Fuenterrabia, a town in northern Spain near the French fron- tier, near which occurred the defeat of the rear- guard of Charlemagne's army by the Saracens and the death of Roland; hence, relating to this battle in the legends of Roland. O for a blast of that dread horn On Font arab i an echoes borne. Scott , Marmion, vi. 33. 2307 Shak., 1 Hen. IV., iv. 2. Among hem athulf the gode, Min ozene child, my leue fode . King Horn (E. E. T. S.), l. 1340. My foode that I have fed. Towneley Mysteries , p. 223. God rue on thee, poor luckle fode ! What has thou to do here? Child Rowland (Child's Ballads, I. 250). Animal food. See animal , a. - Nitrogenized and non- nitrogenized foods. See nitrogenized . =Syn. 1. Prov- ender, etc. (see feed , n.); sustenance, fare, cheer, viands. food1+ (föd), v . t . [ME. foden , a parallel form of feden , feed: see food , feed . ] To feed; sup- ply; figuratively, to soothe; flatter; entertain with promises. [He] acoyed it [the child] to come to him & clepud [called) hit oft, fonticulus (fon-tik'ū-lus), n.; pl. fonticuli (-lī). [L., a little fountain, dim. of fon ( t- )s, a foun- tain: see font1 , fount1 .] 1. In surg ., a small ulcer produced artificially either by caustics or by incisions.-2. In an at ., the depre ion (fon- ticulus gutturis) at the root of the neck in food2t, n. front, just over the top of the breast-bone, formed by the slanting backward of the wind- pipe. It is well marked in emaciated per- sons.