Definition of spring

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Spring (v. i.) To shoot up, out, or forth; to come to the light; to begin to appear; to emerge; as a plant from its seed, as streams from their source, and the like; -often followed by up, forth, or out..

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Viviparous :: Viviparous (a.) Producing young in a living state, as most mammals, or as those plants the offspring of which are produced alive, either by bulbs instead of seeds, or by the seeds themselves germinating on the plant, instead of falling, as they usually do; -- opposed to oviparous..
Hop :: Hop (v. i.) To move by successive leaps, as toads do; to spring or jump on one foot; to skip, as birds do..
Fusee :: Fusee (n.) The cone or conical wheel of a watch or clock, designed to equalize the power of the mainspring by having the chain from the barrel which contains the spring wind in a spiral groove on the surface of the cone in such a manner that the diameter of the cone at the point where the chain acts may correspond with the degree of tension of the spring..
Metisse :: Metisse (n. f.) The offspring of a white person and an American Indian.
Lierne Rib :: Lierne rib () In Gothic vaulting, any rib which does not spring from the impost and is not a ridge rib, but passes from one boss or intersection of the principal ribs to another..
Spring :: Spring (v. i.) A leap; a bound; a jump.
Headspring :: Headspring (n.) Fountain; source.
Surbated :: Surbased (a.) Having the vertical height from springing line to crown less than the half span; -- said of an arch; as, a segmental arch is surbased..
Well :: Well (v. i.) An issue of water from the earth; a spring; a fountain.
Tsebe :: Tsebe (n.) The springbok.
Springing :: Springiness (n.) The state or quality of being springly.
Rear :: Rear (v. t.) To bring up to maturity, as young; to educate; to instruct; to foster; as, to rear offspring..
Regulator :: Regulator (n.) A contrivance for regulating and controlling motion, as: (a) The lever or index in a watch, which controls the effective length of the hairspring, and thus regulates the vibrations of the balance. (b) The governor of a steam engine. (c) A valve for controlling the admission of steam to the steam chest, in a locomotive..
Tumbler :: Tumbler (n.) A piece attached to, or forming part of, the hammer of a gunlock, upon which the mainspring acts and in which are the notches for sear point to enter..
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.
Crocus :: Crocus (n.) A genus of iridaceous plants, with pretty blossoms rising separately from the bulb or corm. C. vernus is one of the earliest of spring-blooming flowers; C. sativus produces the saffron, and blossoms in the autumn..
Bletonism :: Bletonism (n.) The supposed faculty of perceiving subterraneous springs and currents by sensation; -- so called from one Bleton, of France..
Brat :: Brat (n.) A child; an offspring; -- formerly used in a good sense, but now usually in a contemptuous sense..
Stalk :: Stalk (n.) An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring..
Font :: Font (n.) A fountain; a spring; a source.
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