fount

noun3

1. •
   (figurative) That from which something proceeds; an origin, a source.

   • He is a real fount of knowledge!
2. •
   A device from which poultry may drink; a waterer.

   • A. H. Hews & Co., North Cambridge, Mass. Manufacturers of Poultry Water Founts. Capacities one quart, two quarts, three quarts, and four quarts. For sale, wholesale and retail. — 1872
3. •
   (literary, no longer used) Synonym of fountain (“a natural source of water”); a spring.

   • [T]his top-proud fellovv, / […] / From sincere motions, by Intelligence, / And proofes as cleere as Founts in Iuly, vvhen / VVee see each graine of grauell; I doe knovv / To be corrupt and treasonous. — 1613