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Webster 1913 Edition


Fundament

Fun′da-ment

,
Noun.
[OE.
fundament
,
fundement
,
fondement
, OF.
fundement
,
fondement
, F.
fondement
, fr. L.
fundamentum
foundation, fr.
fundare
to lay the bottom, to found, fr.
fundus
bottom. See
Fund
.]
1.
Foundation.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
2.
The part of the body on which one sits; the buttocks; specifically
(Anat.)
, the anus.
Hume.

Webster 1828 Edition


Fundament

FUND'AMENT

,
Noun.
[L. fundamentum, from fundo, to set.]
1.
The seat; the lower part of the body or of the intestinum rectum.
2.
Foundation. [Not in use.]