Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An urnshaped vessel with cover and faucet: usually a piece of plate, as of silver or of silver-gilt, and characteristic of the eighteenth century.
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Examples
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A large silver-gilt wine-fountain, of good workmanship, presented to
Authorised Guide to the Tower of London W. J. Loftie 1875
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Armada, an immense flagon or wine-fountain, like a gigantic old - fashioned smelling-bottle, and a modern Indian work -- a box given to the Queen by an Indian potentate -- were what interested me the most.
Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 2 Sarah Tytler 1870
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Then went the damsels to that wine-fountain, and drew thence cups of the best and brightest wine of the Dale, and went round about the ring, and gave drink to whomsoever would, both of the chapmen and the others; while the weaponed youth stood in the midst bearing aloft his sword and shield like an image in a holy place, and Redesman's bow still went up and down the strings, and drew forth a sweet and merry tune.
The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale William Morris 1865
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