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