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- noun Plural form of
fountain . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
fountain .
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Examples
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At a former time, when these dried-up fountains were all in motion, they must have made a beautiful display on a grand scale; and nearly all this basin appears to me to have been formed under their action, and should be called the _place of fountains_.
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851
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All this talk of chocolate fountains is putting me off my Bubbly.
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The charm of water, in fountains, streams or pools is all over the place.
The Spanish Nations and Their Increasing Interest To Us 1917
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Instead of the boundless forest, the enclosure of a park afforded the more indolent pleasures of the chase; their new habitations were decorated with painting and sculpture; their superfluous treasures were cast in fountains, and basins, and statues of massy silver; and the artists of China and
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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a thread-form respiratory tube; of the musca chamæleon, the larva lives in fountains; and the fly occasionally walks upon the water.
Note IV 1803
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Issuing from 16 machines tucked beside the fountains was an explosion of scented bubbles in Louis XIV's favorite fruits -- melon, pear and strawberry.
What A Nose Camilla Webster 2010
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The fountains were a harmony of sight, sound, and movement.
The Hostage Bride Janet Dailey 1981
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The fountains were a harmony of sight, sound, and movement.
The Hostage Bride Janet Dailey 1981
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The fountains were a harmony of sight, sound, and movement.
The Hostage Bride Janet Dailey 1981
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There was no landing-place till very near the plunge, and in dropping down when we came to the point where it was planned that I should jump out upon a projecting flat rock, a sudden lurch of the boat due to what Stanton afterwards called fountains, and we termed boils, caused me, instead of landing on the rock, to disappear in the rushing waters.
The Romance of the Colorado River Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh 1894
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