SPRINGER

springer, springing cow

(noun) a cow about to give birth

springer, impost

(noun) the lowest stone in an arch -- from which it springs

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Springer

A town in New Mexico.

A town in Oklahoma.

A surname.

Anagrams

• respring

Etymology

Noun

springer (plural springers)

A person that springs.

Anything that springs.

A spring salmon.

A stone at the base of an arch (from which the arch springs).

A springing cow.

A springer spaniel.

A springbok.

Anagrams

• respring

Source: Wiktionary


Spring"er, n.

1. One who, or that which, springs; specifically, one who rouses game.

2. A young plant. [Obs.] Evelyn.

3. (Arch.) (a) The impost, or point at which an arch rests upon its support, and from which it seems to spring. Hence: (b) The bottom stone of an arch, which lies on the impost. The skew back is one form of springer. (c) The rib of a groined vault, as being the solid abutment for each section of vaulting.

4. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The grampus.

5. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A variety of the field spaniel. See Spaniel.

6. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A species of antelope; the sprinkbok.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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