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causal of gpriugan, spring: see spring, and cf. spring-hammer (si)ring'ham"er),. Amachine- 
spreng (of which springe is the proper form (cf . hammer in which the blow is partly or wholly 
made by a spring to which tension has been 
imparted by mecha- 
Khige, as related to sing), now only dialectal;.] 
To sprinkle. Halliwell. [Prov. Kng.] 
springe^ (sprinj), . [< ME. springe, < spriiigi'n, 
spring: see spring, v. Cf. springle, and D. 
spring-net, a spring-net, OHG. spriitga, MHG. 
Sprinke, a bird-snare.] A noose or snare for 
catching small game ; a gin. It is usually secured 
to an clastic branch, or small sapling, which is bent over 
and secured by some sort of trigger which the movements 
of the animal will release, when it flies up and the noose 
catches the game. 
A woodcock to mine own springe. 
Shak., Hamlet, v. 2. 317. 
I will teach thee a springe. Tony, to catch a pewit. 
Scott, Kenilworth, xli. 
springe- 
springcil, 
trans. To 
(spriuj), c. ; pret. and pp. 
ppr. springeing. [< springe' 2 , .] I. 
catch in a springe. 
We springe ourselves, we sink in our own bogs. 
Fletcher (and another), Queen of Corinth, iv. 4. 
II. intrans. To set springes ; catch game by 
means of springes. 
springe 3 (sprinj), a. [< spring, i\] Active; 
nimble; brisk; agile. [Prov. Eng.] 
The squire 's pretty springe, considering his weight. 
George Elwt, Silas Marner, xi. 
springer (spring'er), n. [< spring + -erl.] 1. 
nism dui'ing the lift of 
the hammer-head. In 
some hammers the spring 
is a volume of confined 
and compressed air. In 
the accompanying cut a is 
the anvil-block; 6, anvil; 
c, frame ; d, guides for ham- 
mer ; e, piston-rod ; /, cylin- 
der; g, hammer; h, crank 
(driven by the pulley i) 
which lifts the hammer, at 
the same time compressing 
the air in the air-spring 
cylinder /; j, Idler-pulley 
which tightens the driving- 
belt * when pressed against 
the belt by the action of 
the rock-lever I, the rod n, 
and the foot -lever or treadle 
o the rock-lever I being 
pivoted to the frame at m, 
while the treadle is pivoted 
to it at p. Pressure upon 
the treadle by the foot 
tightens the belt, and the 
hammer Is then raised. 
The treadle is then relieved 
In Ituiltl- 
spring-stud 
[TJhe furst age of man locond & light, 
The Bwrintjywje tyme clepc " ver." 
Babeei \llook (E. E. T. S.), p. 169. 
Springing-tOOl (spring'ing-tol), it. In iron- 
u-orking, same as Hanging-tool. 
springing-wall (spring'ing-wal), . 
ing, a buttress. 
spring-jack (ipring'jak), . In teleg., a device 
for inserting a loop in a line-circuit. It usually 
consists of a ping to be inserted between two spring-con- 
tarls, the ends of the loop beini! joined to metallic strips 
nxed to the opposite sides of the insulating plug. If the 
latter Is entirely of insulating material, it becomes a 
splint/ -jack cut-out. 
spring-latch (spring'lach), n. A latch that 
snaps into the keeper after yielding to the pres- 
sure against it. See cuts under luicli. 
springle (spriug'l), w. [= D. G. sprenkel, a 
noose, snare, springe, = Sw. spra>ikla,a, sprin- 
gle, = Dan. xprinkcl, trellis; a dim. of spring, 
springe, in similar senses: see spring, springe 2 .] 
1 . A springe. 
They [woodcocks] arrine first on the north coast, where 
almost euerie hedge serueth for a roade and euerle plash- 
oote for ttprinyles to take them. 
K. Carew, Survey of Cornwall, fol. 25. 
2. A rod about four feet in length, used in 
thatching. Halliwell. [Prov. Eng.] 
springless (spring'les), a. [< spring + -less.] 
Lacking springs or spring, (a) Having no springs, 
or natural fountains of water. (6) Lacking elastic springs : 
. . _ .. as, a springless wagon. 
strap of iron serving to support the end of a springlet (spring'let), H. [(spring + -let.} A 
semi-elliptical car-spring. little spring; 'a small stream. 
(spring'hed), n. 1. A fountain- But yet from out the little hill 
Spring-hummer. 
from pressure, the belt is slackened on the pulley i, and 
the compressed air, acting on the piston, delivers the blow, 
the belt then slipping easily over the pulley t. 
Oozes the slender sprint/let still. 
Scott, ilarmion, vi. 87. 
spring-head tram whence if desceudeth. spring-ligament (spring'lig"a-ment), . The 
Bacon, Advancement of Learning, i. f n f er ior calcaneoscaphoid ligament of the sole 
of the foot, connecting the os calcis or heel- 
bone with the scaphoid, supporting the head 
Having of the astragalus, and forming part of the ar- 
ticular cavity in which the latter is received, 
springlike (spring'Hk), . Eesembling spring; 
characteristic of spring; vernal: as, springlike 
weather; a springlike temperature. 
There the last blossoms spring-like pride unfold. 
Savage, Wanderer, T. 
[X swing + -er'.] j.. - . . -------- "-./, . ,- -. T 
S~ne~whoVr that which springs/in any sense. Spring-hanger (sprmg'hang'er), n.A U-shaped 
(o) A growing plant, shrub, or tree ; a sapling. 
The young men and maidens go out into the woods and 
coppices, cut down and spoil young springers to dress up au _ 
their May-booths. Evelyn, Sylva, IV. iv. 4. head; a source. 
(6) A youth ; a lad. HaUiieell. [Prov. Eng.] Water will not ascend higher than the level of the first 
2. In arch.: (a) The impost or place where 
the vertical support to an arch terminates, and 
the curve of the arch begins. (6) The lower 2. A clutch, button, or other connecting de- 
voussoir or bottom stone of an arch, which lies vice at the end of an elliptic carriage-spring. 
immediately upon the impost, (c) The bottom spring-headedt (spring'hed'ed), a. **" 
stone of the coping of a gable, (d) The rib of heads that spring afresh. [Rare.] 
a groined roof or vault. See cross-springer. Spring-headed Hydres, and sea-shonldring Whales. 
3. A dog of a class of spaniels resembling the Spenser, F. Q., II. xii. 23. 
cocker, used, in sporting, to spring or flush gpring-hook(spring'huk),H. 1. In locomotives, 
game. See spaniel. a hook fixing the driving-wheel spring to the 
The Springer is smaller than the former (the Water frame. 2. A latch or door-hook having a 
Spaniel), of elegant form, gay aspect, and usually white gpring-catch for keeping it fast in the staple. spring-line (spring'lin), . In milit. engin.,& 
3 A fish . hook get ij^e a spring-trap, with a line passing diagonally from one pontoon of a 
supplementary hook, which, on being released, bridge to another. 
fi xe s itself in the fish ; a snap-hook. Also called spring-lock (spring'lok), n. A lock which fas- 
spear-nook. tens itself automatically by a spring when the 
Springfield gun, rifle, bee gun\ rtfle*, also 8 p ring -house ( sp ring'hous), . A small build- door or lid to which it is attached is shut. Also 
cut under bullet. f^ constructed over a spring or brook, where called latch-lock. 
milk, fresh meat, etc., are placed in order to be spring-mattress (spring'mat'res), n. See mat- 
kept cool in or near the running water. [TJ. S.] tress and spring-bed. 
As I was a-settin' in the spring-house, this mornin', Spring-net (spring'net), . A bird-net which 
a-workin 1 my butter, I says to Dinah, "I'm goin 1 to carry can be shut by means of a spring ana trigger; 
a pot of this down to Miss Scudder." a flap-net. A net of similar form is used for 
a. B. Stowe, Minister's Wooing, iv. trap ing ra bbits. 
springiness (spring'i-nes), H. 1. The state or springold 1 !, Same as springal 1 . 
property of being springy ; elasticity. springold 2 t, SpringOWt, Same as springal^. 
The air is a thin fluid body endowed with elasticity and Spring-Oyster (spring'ois'ter), n. A thorn-oys- 
ipringinett, capable of condensation and rarefaction. ter. See cut under tuponaylus. 
SenOey. spring-padlock (spring'pad'lok), n. A pad- 
2. The state of abounding with springs ; wet- lock which locks automatically by means of a 
. . - ness; sponginess, as of land. spring when the hasp is pressed into its seat. 
perhaps, according to Nares, a garden where spr j ng i n g (springing), . [< ME. springing, spring-pawl (spring'pal), n- A wl ...tnatp 
concealed springs were made to spout jets ot tmSSSfe- verbal n. of sprii 
, , 
with red spots, black nose^and^alate 
4. The springbok. 5. A grampusSpringer 
antelope the springbok 
spring-flood (spring'flud), n. [< ME. spring- 
flood (= D. spring-vloed = G. spring-fluth = Sw. 
Dan. spring-flod) ; as spring + flood.] Same 
as springtide. 
Than shal she [the moon] been evene atte fulle alway, 
And sprung-flood laste bothe nyght and day. 
Chaucer, Franklin's Tale, 1. 342. 
spring-fly (spring'fli), TO. A caddis-fly. 
spring-forelock (spring'f6r"lok), n. A cotter- 
key having a spring in the entering end to pre- 
vent its accidental withdrawal. E. H. Knight. 
spring-garden! (spring'gar"dn), n. A word of 
doubtful meaning, possibly a corrupt form; 
water upon the visitors. 
Sophocles [bound]. Thy slave, proud Martius? 
. . . not a vein runs here 
From head to foot, but Sophocles would unseam, and 
Like a spring-garden shoot his scornful blood 
Into their eyes durst come to tread on him. 
Beau, and Fl., Four Plays in One, Play 1st. 
spring-gun (spring'gun), n. A gun which is 
discharged by the stumbling of a trespasser 
spring, v.] 1. The by a spring. 
A pawl actuated 
springs or rises; also, a springer, 
ipringing (sprini 
contingent: as, ^ , 
spri^j-haas, < spring (= E. spring) + haas, a springing-beetle (spring'ing-be"tl), . 
act or process of leaping, arising, issuing, or spring-plank (spring'plangk), M. A transverse 
proceeding; also, growth; increase. timber beneath a railway truck-bolster, form- 
ThePoooutofawellesmal ing a support for the bolster-springs. E. H. 
Taketh his flrste springing and his sors. Snigh t. 
Chaucer, Prol. to Clerk's Tale, 1. 49. spring-pole (spring'pol), n. A pole fastened 
Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it. . . . Thoumak- so that its elasticity can be used for some me- 
chanical purpose Spring-pole drilling, a method 
of boring holes In rock for oil, water, or any other purpose, 
in which the rods and drill are suspended from a spring- 
'o, which by its elasticity lifts them up after every stroke, 
down motion is effected by hand-power, or sometimes 
, . . . . 
est it soft with showers; thou blessest the springing 
thereof. F- !* 10- 
the point from which an arch 
uiscnargea oy me siu r g j n ar( ,^ 
PT ' nlso 8 ^ 1 , i simi\ r ffrh?set e for laree ani*^ B P rin g. s or visc . B ' . 10 "' " "1" l "*" ,. The down motion is effected by hand-power, or sometimes 
Springing (springing), p. a. Liable to arise; a 8tirrup is added to enable the driller to use his feet. 
Trlil.lS. ilS trlllS Ol \\O1V6S. . _i*f rl.-L - .-. ~ On ,, __i, .! te ... * t\.~n*. 1nnlt*.a in H iunl atn>- 
mals, as bears or wolves. 
spring-haas (spring'has), . 
[< S. African D. 
Prospecting-holes of from two to three inches in diameter 
,n be bored with this simple apparatus to the depth of 
hare, = E. hare: see spring and hare 1 .] 
Cape jumping-hare, Pedetes coffer, a kind of 
jerboa, of the family Dipodidet. See cut under 
Pedetes. 
spring-halt (spring'halt), n. [Also, corruptly, 
string-halt; < spring + halfl.] An involuntary 
convulsive movement of the museles of either 
hind leg in the horse, by which the leg is sud- 
( spring' ing -kors), n. 
contingent: as, springing uses. See use. 
one or two hundred feet, or even more, 
o spring-punch (spring'punch), n. A punch which 
has a spring to throw it back after it has been 
course . driven down by pressure. This is usually done only 
springing-hairs (spring mg-harz), n. pi. 1 he , n quick . workillg punches which are driven by the blows 
locomotory cilia of some infusorians, as the of a hammer, or in hand punches such as those used by 
Halteriidse, by means of which these animal- shoemakers, railway conductors, etc. 
cules skip about. spring-searcher (spring/ser*cher), . A tool 
springing-line (spring'ing-lin), . The lino having steel prongs projected by springs, used 
o from which an arch springs or rises; the line to detect defects in a cannon-bore. 
denly and unduly raised from the ground and ^ wh - ch the rfn regt QU the impO8tS) spring-shackle (spring' shak"l),. 1. A shackle 
lowered again with unnatural force; also, the and from which r the rlse or verse a sine is cal- closed by a spring. 2. A shackle connecting 
nervous disorder on which such movements de- culate( j two springs, or connecting a spring to a rigid 
pend, and the resulting gait. springing-timet (spring'ing-tim), n. [< ME. part: used in vehicles, etc. 
One would take it, spritK/inti time ; < springing + time.] The time spring-Stay (spring'sta), n. Naut. See stay*. 
That never saw 'em pace before, the spavin f th growing of plants; spring-time; spring-Stud (spring'stud), n. A rod passed 
Or vmnohalt reigu'cf amon^en^^ ^ ( ^ ^ M through the axis of a coil-spring to hold the 
