Headspring

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Headspring \Head"spring`\ (h[e^]d"spr[i^]ng`), n.
     Fountain; source.
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           The headspring of our belief.            --Stapleton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  headspring
       n : the source of water from which a stream arises; "they
           tracked him back toward the head of the stream" [syn: {fountainhead},
            {head}]