fontinel (fontinel)

[ Let some of those precious distilling tears, which nature, and thy compa ion, and thy sufferings, did cause to distil and drop from those sacred font in els , water my Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), I. 37. stony heart. 2. Same as fontanelle. font-namet (font'nām), n. A baptismal or Christian name. Some presume Boston to be his Christian, of Bury [de Boston is no Font - name . Bury] his Sirname. But Fuller , Worthies, Lincoln, ii. 20. fonts to net, n. [ME. fontston, fontstan, fantston, fantstan (also funtston , founts ton ), font , fant , ant , etc., font1, + ston , stan , stone; cf. equiv. ME. funtfat = AS. fantfæt , fant , font, + fæt , fat, vat, a ve el.] A baptismal font of stone. The same year Edmund receav'd at the Font stone this or another Anlas.