My heart, untraveled, fondly turns to thee.
Goldsmith.
Fond"ness, n. 1. The quality or state of being fond; foolishness.
[Obs.]
Fondness it were for any, being free, To covet fetters, though they
golden be.
Spenser.
2. Doting affection; tender liking; strong appetite, propensity, or
relish; as, he had a fondness for truffles.
My heart had still some foolish fondness for thee.
Addison.
Syn. -- Attachment; affection; love; kindness.
Fon"don (?), n. [Cf. F. fondant flux.] (Metal.) A large copper vessel
used for hot amalgamation.
||Fon`dus" (?), n. [F. fondu, prop. p. p. of fondre to melt, blend. See
||Found to cast.] A style of printing calico, paper hangings, etc., in
||which the colors are in bands and graduated into each other. Ure.
Fone (?), n.; pl. of Foe. [Obs.] Spenser.
Fong"e (?), v. t. [See Fang, v. t.] To take; to receive. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Fon"ly (?), adv. [See Fon.] Foolishly; fondly. [Obs.] Spenser.
Fon"ne (?), n. A fon. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Font (?), n. [F. fonte, fr. fondre to melt or cast. See Found to cast,
and cf. Fount a font.] (Print.) A complete assortment of printing type
of one size, including a due proportion of all the letters in the
alphabet, large and small, points, accents, and whatever else is
necessary for printing with that variety of types; a fount.
Font, n. [AS. font, fant, fr. L. fons, fontis, spring, fountain; cf.
OF. font, funt, F. fonts, fonts baptismaux, pl. See Fount.] 1. A
fountain; a spring; a source.
Bathing forever in the font of bliss.
Young.