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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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