SPRINGERS

Noun

springers

plural of springer

Anagrams

• resprings

Source: Wiktionary


SPRINGER

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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