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Webster 1913 Edition

Fontange

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Fonˊtange′

,

Noun.

[F., from the name of the first wearer, Mlle. de

Fontanges

, about 1679.]

A kind of tall headdress formerly worn.

Addison.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fontange

FONTANGE

,

Noun.

fontanj'.

A knot of ribbons on the top of a head-dress.