Headspring
ahd-5
noun.
A fountainhead; a source.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
Origin; source; fountainhead.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
Fountain; source.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
A
fountainhead
; a
source
.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
the source of water from which a stream arises
Word Usage
"Making a fresh start from Fort Mandan, upon the seventh of April, 1805, there ensued a toilsome experience all the way to the headspring of"