Definition of spring

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Spring (v. i.) A flying back; the resilience of a body recovering its former state by elasticity; as, the spring of a bow..

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Heredity :: Heredity (n.) Hereditary transmission of the physical and psychical qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants. See Pangenesis.
Springy :: Springtime (n.) The season of spring; springtide.
Bromine :: Bromine (n.) One of the elements, related in its chemical qualities to chlorine and iodine. Atomic weight 79.8. Symbol Br. It is a deep reddish brown liquid of a very disagreeable odor, emitting a brownish vapor at the ordinary temperature. In combination it is found in minute quantities in sea water, and in many saline springs. It occurs also in the mineral bromyrite..
Sprunt :: Sprunt (v. i.) To spring up; to germinate; to spring forward or outward.
Bletonism :: Bletonism (n.) The supposed faculty of perceiving subterraneous springs and currents by sensation; -- so called from one Bleton, of France..
Drumming :: Drumming (n.) The act of beating upon, or as if upon, a drum; also, the noise which the male of the ruffed grouse makes in spring, by beating his wings upon his sides..
Springer :: Springer (n.) The impost, or point at which an arch rests upon its support, and from which it seems to spring..
Gemmule :: Gemmule (n.) One of the imaginary granules or atoms which, according to Darwin's hypothesis of pangenesis, are continually being thrown off from every cell or unit, and circulate freely throughout the system, and when supplied with proper nutriment multiply by self-division and ultimately develop into cells like those from which they were derived. They are supposed to be transmitted from the parent to the offspring, but are often transmitted in a dormant state during many generations and are the
Hairspring :: Hairspring (n.) The slender recoil spring which regulates the motion of the balance in a timepiece.
Springlet :: Springle (n.) A springe.
Barren :: Barren (a.) Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- said of women and female animals.
Pendentive :: Pendentive (n.) The part of a groined vault which is supported by, and springs from, one pier or corbel..
Bath :: Bath (n.) A city in the west of England, resorted to for its hot springs, which has given its name to various objects..
Sprunt :: Sprunt (n.) A leap; a spring.
Forth :: Forth (adv.) Out, as from a state of concealment, retirement, confinement, nondevelopment, or the like; out into notice or view; as, the plants in spring put forth leaves..
Springer :: Springer (n.) The grampus.
Snaphance :: Snaphance (n.) A spring lock for discharging a firearm; also, the firearm to which it is attached..
Spring :: Spring (v. i.) Any source of supply; especially, the source from which a stream proceeds; as issue of water from the earth; a natural fountain..
Upspring :: Upspring (v. i.) To spring up.
Leap :: Leap (v. i.) To spring clear of the ground, with the feet; to jump; to vault; as, a man leaps over a fence, or leaps upon a horse..
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