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单词 fontlet
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fontletn.

Brit. /ˈfɒntlᵻt/, U.S. /ˈfɑntlət/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: font n.1, -let suffix.
Etymology: < font n.1 + -let suffix.
a. A small source or wellspring; a little fountain. Obsolete. rare.
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1831 C. Lamb in Englishman's Mag. Oct. 137 The tracing of some mighty waters up to their shallow fontlet.
1922 J. R. Smith Springs & Wells in Greek & Rom. Lit. 560 One finds Avernus recurring in Virgil again and again in place of the more cheerful fontlets that gush so beguilingly in Homer's picture poetry.
b. A small font used for baptism.
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1864 Wrexham Advertiser 27 Aug. 5/2 The following articles have been given by friends of the congregation... The pulpit cushion by Miss Pring; the fontlet by Mrs Pring.
1894 T. I. Ball Brief Directory Elem. Ritual vi. 52 In privately baptizing the officiant should pour water on the child..not sprinkle it out of a toy called a ‘fontlet’.
1908 F. Bond Fonts & Font Covers vi. 71 Some of these fontlets are too large for use as hand fonts.
2017 Church Times 3 Feb. 17/3 The vast majority of fontlets still remaining in our parish churches belong to a golden period of miniature-font production in the first half of the 19th century, most of them emanating from one of the great Staffordshire firms.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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