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noun

Springer n.

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

A young plant. (Obs.)

(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.

(Zool.) The grampus.

(Zool.) A variety of the field spaniel. See Spaniel.

(Zool.) A species of antelope; the springbok.

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Etymology of 'Springer'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Springer" Quotes from Famous Books

... maintained; Bound Reason to believe delayed defeat Was triumph; and what strength in her remained To head against the ultimate foreseen rout, Insensate taxed; of his impenitent will, Servant and sycophant: without ally, In Python's coils, the Master Craftsman still; The smiter, panther springer, trapper sly, The deadly wrestler at the crucial bout, The penetrant, the tonant, tower of towers, Striking from black disaster starry showers. Her supreme player of man's primaeval game, He won his harnessed victim's rapturous ...

— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

... consulted Judge Springer of Illinois, who, after reviewing their case, said that they could serve an injunction on both the Secretary of the Interior and Commissioner, in the District of Columbia. This they did. The officials asked for thirty days; and the Commissioner of Indian ...

— The Indian Today - The Past and Future of the First American • Charles A. Eastman

... rock, in which a slight warmth was perceptible from the contact farther away with the blaze, Deerfoot's thoughts drifted to other places, scenes and persons. He recalled his rambles with Ned Preston, Jo Springer, Jim Turner and the quaint negro youth known as "Blossom," when all passed through many stirring experiences, as you learned long since in the "Boy Pioneer Series;" and of Jack Carleton and Otto Relstaub in the "Log Cabin" ...

— Deerfoot in The Mountains • Edward S. Ellis

... thought Mrs. Shears might not have a convenient room for me but they would be glad to have me in their room. Soon the matter was settled. The son in law brought in sewing for his mother and sister in law, and I made myself useful by assisting them. The mother, Mrs. Springer, had a nice shally dress for me to make, that she said she couldn't have got made to suit her as well for eight dollars, and urged me quite hard to go in with herself and daughter in opening a shop for dress-making. I ...

— A Woman's Life-Work - Labors and Experiences • Laura S. Haviland

Words linked to "Springer" : English springer spaniel, cow, English springer, Welsh springer spaniel, impost, springer spaniel, springing cow, stone, moo-cow, arch, spaniel