Obs. [f. FONT sb.1 + WATER.] Water used in baptism.
c. 1000. Sax. Leechd., II. 350. Wyrc þonne drenc font wæter rudan saluian [etc.].
1610. Bp. Hall, Apol. Brownists, Ded. One of them hath washt off thy font-water as vncleane.
1656. J. Trapp, Comm. John vi. 49. A man may go to hell with Font-water on his face, and be haled from the Table to the tormentor.
