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SPRINGFIELD, a town of the United States, in Wash¬ 
ington county, of which it is the capital, in Kentucky; 30 
miles north-west of Danville. Population 249. 
SPRINGFIELD, a township of the United States, in 
Windsor county, Vermont, on the Connecticut, opposite 
Charleston. Population 2556. 
SPRINGFIELD, a township of the United States, in 
Cheshire county, New Hampshire. Population 814. 
SPRINGFIELD, a post township of the United States, 
and capital of Hampden county, Massachusetts, on the east 
side of the Connecticut. It is a pleasant and flourishing 
township, and contains a court-house, a jail, a bank, a wool¬ 
len manufactory, a rope walk, a furnace, two paper mills, 
two Congregational churches, two public libraries, which to¬ 
gether contain about 1000 volumes, and a printing office, 
from which is issued a weekly newspaper. Here is a large, 
pleasant, and handsome village, which has considerable trade 
and contains a number of elegant houses. An excellent co¬ 
vered bridge connecting this town with West Springfield, was 
carried away by the rise of the river in 1818. There is in 
this town, belonging to the United States, a very extensive 
establishment for the manufacture of arms. The arsenal is 
delightfully situated ou an elevated plain, about half a mile 
east of the village. The buildings are finely arranged around 
a level square of 20 acres, and make an elegant appearance. 
There are 250 workmen employed in this estblishment, who 
complete about 45 muskets daily. Population 2767; 88 
miles west-by-south of Boston, and 48 west-south-west of 
Worcester. Lat. 42. 6. N. long. 72. 36. W. 
SPRINGFIELD, West, a post township of the United 
States, in Hampden county Massachusetts, on the west-side 
of the Connecticut, opposite Springfield. Population 3109. 
SPRINGFIELD, the names of several townships of the 
United States.—1. In Otsego county. New York; 58 miles 
west of Albany.—2. In Essex county; 15 miles south-west 
of New York.—3. In Burlington county, New Jersey.—4. 
In Montgomery county, Pennsylvania.—5. In Bucks county, 
Pennsylvania. Population 1287.—6. In Huntingdon county, 
Pennsylvania. Population 813.'—7. In Mercer county, Penn¬ 
sylvania. Population 751.—8. In Delaware county, Penn¬ 
sylvania. Population 541.—9. In Hamilton county, Ohio, 
12 miles north of Cincinnati. Population 2036.—10. In 
Clark county, Ohio, of which it is the seat of justice. It is 
situated on the east fork of Mud river. Population 861.— 
11. In Columbiana county, Ohio. Population 601.—12. 
In Jefferson county, Ohio. Population 746—13. In Ross 
county, Ohio. Population 972.—14. In Portage county, 
Ohio. Population 510.—15. In Loudoun county, Virginia. 
—16. In Hampshire county, Virginia, on the south branch 
of the Potomac; 10 miles north-east of Romney.—17. Ca¬ 
pital of Robertson county, Tennesse, on Sulphur Fork. Po¬ 
pulation 200.—18. In Louisiana, in the parish of St. Helena, 
about 30 miles west-north-west of Maddisonville.—19. In 
York district, South Carolina.—20. In Susquehannah county, 
Pennsylvania. 
SPRINGFIELD. See Putnam. 
SPRING HILL, a post village of the United States, in 
Chesterfield county, Virginia. 
SPRING HILL, a post village of the United States, in 
Lenoir county. North Carolina. 
SPRING HILL, a post village of the United States, in 
Jefferson county, Georgia. 
SPRING HILL, a township of the United States, in 
Fayette county, on the east side of the Monongahela. Popu¬ 
lation 1837. 
SPRING HILL, a township of the United States, in Clark 
county, Indiana. Population 1114. 
SPRING HILL, a post village of the United States, in 
Farquier county, Virginia. 
SPRING ISLAND, a small island near the coast of South 
Carolina. Lat. 32. 22. N. long. 80. 57. W. 
SPRING PLACE, a Moravian missionary station of the 
United States, among the Cherokees, About 50 Cherokee 
children have been educated at this place; 35 miles south- 
east.of Braffierd, and 120 north-west of Athens. 
SPRING RIVER, a river of Louisiana, taking its rise from 
a number of springs which form a river 250 yards wide, and 
fall into White river, 200 miles west of Cape Girardeau. 
SPRI'NGHALT, s. [perhaps from spraenga, Swed., to 
sprain a horse’s legs by riding him beyond his strength; and 
halt, the consequence of it. Todd. —See To Sprain.] 
A lameness by which the horse twitches up his legs. 
They’ve all new legs, and lame ones; one would take it. 
They never saw them pace before, the sparvin, 
A springhalt reign’d among them. Shakspeare. 
SPRI'NGHEAD, s. Fountain ; source.—Now this spring- 
head of science is purely fantastical. Bolingbroke. 
SPRINGINESS, s. Elasticity ; the power of restoring 
itself.—The air is a thin fluid body, endowed with elasticity 
and springiness, capable of condensation and rarefaction. 
Bentley. 
SPRINGING, s. Growth; increase.—Thou makest it 
soft with showers; thou blessest the springing thereof. 
Ps. —In architecture, the side of an arch contiguous to the 
part whereon it rests. 
SPRINGLE, s. A spring; an elastic noose.—Wood¬ 
cocks arrive first on the north coast, where every splash- 
shoot serveth for springles to take them. Carew. 
SPRINGTHORPE, a parish of England, in Lincolnshire; 
4 miles east-by-south of Gainsborough. 
SPRI'NGTIDE, s. Tide at the new and full moon; 
high tide. 
Love, like springtides, full and high, 
Swells in every youthful vein. Dry den. 
SPRINGTOWN, a post township of the United States, in 
Montgomery county, Pennsylvania. 
SPRINGV1LLE, a post township of the United States, in 
Montgomery county, North Carolina. 
SPRINGVILLE, a township of the United States, in Clark 
county, Indiana. Population 1222. 
SPRINGY, ad}.' Elastic; having the power of restoring 
itself. 
Had not the Maker wrought the springy frame, 
Such as it is to fan the vital flame, 
The blood, defrauded of its nitrous food. 
Had cool’d and languish’d in the arterial road; 
While the tir’d heart had strove, with fruitless pain, 
To push the lazy tide along the vein. Blachnore. 
Full of springs and fountains. Not used. —Where the 
sandy or gravelly lands are springy or wet, rather marl them 
for grass than corn. Mortimer. 
To SPRINKLE, v. a. [ sprinc/celen, sprenclcelen, Teut. 
spren/cen, Germ, pppengan, Sax.] To scatter; to disperse in 
small masses.—Take handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let 
Moses sprinkle it towards the heaven. Ex. —To scatter in 
drops.— Sprinkle water of purifying upon them. Nurn .— 
To besprinkle ; to wash, wet, or dust by scattering in small 
particles.—Let us draw near with a true heart, in full assur¬ 
ance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil con¬ 
science. Heb. 
To SPRINKLE, v. n. To perform the act of scattering 
in small drops.—The priest shall sprinkle of the oil with hi* 
-finger. Lev. 
SPRINKLE, s. A small quantity scattered; an asper- 
goire; an utensil to sprinkle with. 
She always smyl’d, and in her hand did hold 
An holy water sprinkle dipt in dewe. 
With which she sprinckled favours manifold. 
On whom she list. Spenser. 
SPRINKLER, s. One that sprinkles. 
SPRINKLING, s. The act of scattering in small drops. 
—Your clerical shaviugs, your crossings, sprinklings, your 
cozening miracles. Bp. Hall. —A small quantity scattered. 
To SPRIT, v. a. [See To Sprit, and To Sprout.] To 
throw out; to eject with force.—Toads sometimes exclude 
or sprit out a dark and liquid matter behind, and a venom¬ 
ous condition there may be perhaps therein ; but it cannot 
be called their urine, Broivn. 
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