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A fool; an idiot. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Foolish; silly; simple; weak. [Archaic] Grant I may never prove so fond To trust man on his oath or bond. Shak.

eat made by boiling solutions to the point of crystallization, usually molded; as, cherry fondant.

To endeavor; to strive; to try. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To treat or handle with tenderness or in a loving manner; to caress; as, a nurse fondles a child.

One who fondles. Johnson.

The act of caressing; manifestation of tenderness. Cyrus made no . . . amorous fondling To fan her pride, or melt her guardless heart. Mickle.

Foolishly. [Archaic] Verstegan (1673). Make him speak fondly like a frantic man. Shak.

The quality or state of being fond; foolishness. [Obs.] Fondness it were for any, being free, To covet fetters, though they golden be. Spenser.

A large copper vessel used for hot amalgamation.

Blended; passing into each other by subtle gradations; -- said of colors or of the surface or material on which the colors are laid.

A dish made of cheese, eggs, butter, etc., melted together.

A style of printing calico, paper hangings, etc., in which the colors are in bands and graduated into each other. Ure.

pl. of Foe. [Obs.] Spenser.

To take; to receive. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Foolishly; fondly. [Obs.] Spenser.

A fon. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A fountain; a spring; a source. Bathing forever in the font of bliss. Young.

Pertaining to a font, fountain, source, or origin; original; primitive. [R.] From the fontal light of ideas only can a man draw intellectual power. Coleridge.

An issue or artificial ulcer for the discharge of humors from the body.[Obs.] Wiseman.