Definition of spring

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Spring (v. i.) To start or rise suddenly, as from a covert..

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Jerk :: Jerk (n.) A sudden start or spring.
Regard :: Regard (v. t.) That view of the mind which springs from perception of value, estimable qualities, or anything that excites admiration; respect; esteem; reverence; affection; as, to have a high regard for a person; -- often in the plural..
Axil :: Axil (n.) The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs..
Start :: Start (n.) The act of starting; a sudden spring, leap, or motion, caused by surprise, fear, pain, or the like; any sudden motion, or beginning of motion..
Jessant :: Jessant (a.) Springing up or emerging; -- said of a plant or animal.
Springiness :: Springhead (n.) A fountain or source.
Hybrid :: Hybrid (n.) The offspring of the union of two distinct species; an animal or plant produced from the mixture of two species. See Mongrel.
Mulatto :: Mulatto (n.) The offspring of a negress by a white man, or of a white woman by a negro, -- usually of a brownish yellow complexion..
Catch-meadow :: Catch-meadow (n.) A meadow irrigated by water from a spring or rivulet on the side of hill.
Reproduce :: Reproduce (v. t.) To produce again, by generation or the like; to cause the existence of (something of the same class, kind, or nature as another thing); to generate or beget, as offspring; as, to reproduce a rose; some animals are reproduced by gemmation..
Sprunt :: Sprunt (n.) A leap; a spring.
Clock :: Clock (n.) A machine for measuring time, indicating the hour and other divisions by means of hands moving on a dial plate. Its works are moved by a weight or a spring, and it is often so constructed as to tell the hour by the stroke of a hammer on a bell. It is not adapted, like the watch, to be carried on the person..
Sassoline :: Sassoline (n.) Native boric acid, found in saline incrustations on the borders of hot springs near Sasso, in the territory of Florence..
Issue :: Issue (n.) Progeny; a child or children; offspring. In law, sometimes, in a general sense, all persons descended from a common ancestor; all lineal descendants..
Head :: Head (n.) The source, fountain, spring, or beginning, as of a stream or river; as, the head of the Nile; hence, the altitude of the source, or the height of the surface, as of water, above a given place, as above an orifice at which it issues, and the pressure resulting from the height or from motion; sometimes also, the quantity in reserve; as, a mill or reservoir has a good head of water, or ten feet head; also, that part of a gulf or bay most remote from the outlet or the sea..
Springer :: Springe (v. t.) To sprinkle; to scatter.
Springal :: Spring (v. i.) A line led from a vessel's quarter to her cable so that by tightening or slacking it she can be made to lie in any desired position; a line led diagonally from the bow or stern of a vessel to some point upon the wharf to which she is moored.
Daughter :: Daughter (n.) The female offspring of the human species; a female child of any age; -- applied also to the lower animals.
Elasticity :: Elasticity (n.) The quality of being elastic; the inherent property in bodies by which they recover their former figure or dimensions, after the removal of external pressure or altering force; springiness; tendency to rebound; as, the elasticity of caoutchouc; the elasticity of the air..
Vernal :: Vernal (a.) Fig.: Belonging to youth, the spring of life..
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