foundling (foundling)

[ I am an Israelite, not by engraffynge, but by kyndred: not a strange foundlyng , but a Jewe, being borne of the Jewes. J. Udall , On Philip pians iii. She is None of our child, but a mere foundling . Fletcher and Rowley , Maid in the Mill, iii. 1. It is remarkable that a law of King Ina orders the care and education of foundlings to be regulated by their Burke , Abridg. of Eng. Hist., ii. 1. foundmentt (found'ment), n. [ ment , fondement , fund amentum , foundation: see fundament .] A foundation. beauty. Foundement of our clergie, Rewle hit is of haly vie. Add is on , Rosamond, ii. 3. Almighty God, the fountain of all goodne . Book of Common Prayer. And how many Nations were founded after that by Abrahams poster i tie (not to mention so many other Foun taines of Peoples), by the sonnes of Hagar, and Ketura, and Esau the sonne of Isaac. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 47. 4. In her.: (a) A roundel, barry wavy of six argent and azure, or more rarely having a greater number of barrulets. ( b ) The representation of an ordinary architectural fountain with basin, etc.-5. A tin-lined copper holder used in transporting aërated waters, or the combination of orna Dr. Pierre Eloi Fouquier, a profe or of medicine at Paris (1776-1850).] An anomalous genus of Mexican shrubs or small trees, which has been placed in the order Tamaris cineæ by recent authorities. The wood is brittle and resinous; the spiny stems and branches are usually leafle ; and the flowers, which are of a brilliant crimson, are in terminal spikes or panicles. There are four species, one of which, F. splen dens, is found within the southern borders of the United States.