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1.
a spring that is the source of a stream
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2.
the original or main source of anything
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`I understand,' the companion at his side interrupted, `as the fountainhead yourself,
you had no individual experience of it and yet-- 'He cleared the rock together with some of his students and dug a well around the fountainhead
of that spring.Arms sales are another fountainhead for allegations of hypocrisy.
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