'Fountain pen' definitions:

Definition of 'fountain pen'

(from WordNet)
noun
A pen that is supplied with ink from a reservoir in its barrel

Definition of 'Fountain pen'

From: GCIDE
  • Pen \Pen\ (p[e^]n), n. [OE. penne, OF. penne, pene, F. penne, fr. L. penna.]
  • 1. A feather. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A wing. [Obs.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. An instrument used for writing with ink, formerly made of a reed, or of the quill of a goose or other bird, but now also of other materials, as of steel, gold, etc. Also, originally, a stylus or other instrument for scratching or graving. [1913 Webster]
  • Graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock. --Job xix. 24. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Fig.: A writer, or his style; as, he has a sharp pen. "Those learned pens." --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Zool.) The internal shell of a squid. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zool.) A female swan; -- contrasted with cob, the male swan. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
  • Bow pen. See Bow-pen.
  • Dotting pen, a pen for drawing dotted lines.
  • Drawing pen, or Ruling pen, a pen for ruling lines having a pair of blades between which the ink is contained.
  • Fountain pen, Geometric pen. See under Fountain, and Geometric.
  • Music pen, a pen having five points for drawing the five lines of the staff.
  • Pen and ink, or pen-and-ink, executed or done with a pen and ink; as, a pen and ink sketch.
  • Pen feather. A pin feather. [Obs.]
  • Pen name. See under Name.
  • Sea pen (Zool.), a pennatula. [Usually written sea-pen.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Fountain pen'

From: GCIDE
  • Fountain \Foun"tain\ (foun"t[i^]n), n. [F. fontaine, LL. fontana, fr. L. fons, fontis. See 2d Fount.]
  • 1. A spring of water issuing from the earth. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. An artificially produced jet or stream of water; also, the structure or works in which such a jet or stream rises or flows; a basin built and constantly supplied with pure water for drinking and other useful purposes, or for ornament. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A reservoir or chamber to contain a liquid which can be conducted or drawn off as needed for use; as, the ink fountain in a printing press, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. The source from which anything proceeds, or from which anything is supplied continuously; origin; source. [1913 Webster]
  • Judea, the fountain of the gospel. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
  • Author of all being, Fountain of light, thyself invisible. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Air fountain. See under Air.
  • Fountain heead, primary source; original; first principle. --Young.
  • Fountain inkstand, an inkstand having a continual supply of ink, as from elevated reservoir.
  • Fountain lamp, a lamp fed with oil from an elevated reservoir.
  • Fountain pen, a pen with a reservoir in the handle which furnishes a supply of ink.
  • Fountain pump. (a) A structure for a fountain, having the form of a pump. (b) A portable garden pump which throws a jet, for watering plants, etc.
  • Fountain shell (Zool.), the large West Indian conch shell (Strombus gigas).
  • Fountain of youth, a mythical fountain whose waters were fabled to have the property of renewing youth. [1913 Webster]