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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Snaphance :: Snaphance (n.) A spring lock for discharging a firearm; also, the firearm to which it is attached..
Spring :: Spring (v. t.) To cause to spring up; to start or rouse, as game; to cause to rise from the earth, or from a covert; as, to spring a pheasant..
Upspring :: Upspring (n.) A spring or leap into the air.
Spring :: Spring (v. i.) To issue or proceed, as from a parent or ancestor; to result, as from a cause, motive, reason, or principle..
Spring :: Spring (v. t.) To cause to explode; as, to spring a mine..
Proletaneous :: Proletaneous (a.) Having a numerous offspring.
Estuary :: Estuary (n.) A place where water boils up; a spring that wells forth.
Spring :: Spring (v. i.) To bend from a straight direction or plane surface; to become warped; as, a piece of timber, or a plank, sometimes springs in seasoning..
Quadroon :: Quadroon (n.) The offspring of a mulatto and a white person; a person quarter-blooded.
Springboard :: Springal (n.) An ancient military engine for casting stones and arrows by means of a spring.
Portulacaceous :: Portulacaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Portulacaceae), of which Portulaca is the type, and which includes also the spring beauty (Claytonia) and other genera..
Apollinaris Water :: Apollinaris water () An effervescing alkaline mineral water used as a table beverage. It is obtained from a spring in Apollinarisburg, near Bonn..
Hop :: Hop (v. i.) To move by successive leaps, as toads do; to spring or jump on one foot; to skip, as birds do..
Kick :: Kick (n.) The projection on the tang of the blade of a pocket knife, which prevents the edge of the blade from striking the spring. See Illust. of Pocketknife..
Spring :: Spring (v. i.) To start or rise suddenly, as from a covert..
Fruitless :: Fruitless (a.) Lacking, or not bearing, fruit; barren; destitute of offspring; as, a fruitless tree or shrub; a fruitless marriage..
Parent :: Parent (n.) One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother..
Progeny :: Progeny (n.) Descendants of the human kind, or offspring of other animals; children; offspring; race, lineage..
Sminthurid :: Sminthurid (n.) Any one of numerous small species of springtails, of the family Sminthuridae, -- usually found on flowers. See Illust. under Collembola..
Springer :: Springer (n.) The grampus.
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