Definition of spring

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Spring (v. t.) To bend by force, as something stiff or strong; to force or put by bending, as a beam into its sockets, and allowing it to straighten when in place; -- often with in, out, etc.; as, to spring in a slat or a bar..

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Germ :: Germ (n.) That from which anything springs; origin; first principle; as, the germ of civil liberty..
Spring :: Spring (v. i.) A youth; a springal.
Spring :: Spring (v. t.) To crack or split; to bend or strain so as to weaken; as, to spring a mast or a yard..
Self-glorious :: Self-glorious (a.) Springing from vainglory or vanity; vain; boastful.
Flounce :: Flounce (v. i.) To throw the limbs and body one way and the other; to spring, turn, or twist with sudden effort or violence; to struggle, as a horse in mire; to flounder; to throw one's self with a jerk or spasm, often as in displeasure..
Rebound :: Rebound (v. i.) To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo..
Vault :: Vault (n.) To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring.
Overspring :: Overspring (v. t.) To spring or leap over.
Scatebrous :: Scatebrous (a.) Abounding with springs.
Osspringer :: Osspringer (n.) The osprey.
Updive :: Updive (v. i.) To spring upward; to rise.
Caper :: Caper (n.) A frolicsome leap or spring; a skip; a jump, as in mirth or dancing; a prank..
Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge, as conies, rabbits, etc..
May :: May (n.) The early part or springtime of life.
Resiliency :: Resiliency (n.) The act of resiling, springing back, or rebounding; as, the resilience of a ball or of sound..
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..
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) The young from the same dam, whether produced at the same time or not; young children of the same mother, especially if nearly of the same age; offspring; progeny; as, a woman with a brood of children..
Well :: Well (v. i.) An issue of water from the earth; a spring; a fountain.
Griffe :: Griffe (n.) The offspring of a mulatto woman and a negro; also, a mulatto..
Metisse :: Metisse (n. f.) The offspring of a white person and an American Indian.
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