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Origin :: Origin (n.) That from which anything primarily proceeds; the fountain; the spring; the cause; the occasion.

Overwind :: Overwind (v. t.) To wind too tightly, as a spring, or too far, as a hoisting rope on a drum..

Sprunt :: Sprunt (v. i.) To spring up; to germinate; to spring forward or outward.

Tiller :: Tiller (n.) A shoot of a plant, springing from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sucker..

Saltant :: Saltant (v.) In a leaping position; springing forward; -- applied especially to the squirrel, weasel, and rat, also to the cat, greyhound, monkey, etc..

Spring :: Spring (v. i.) To issue or proceed, as from a parent or ancestor; to result, as from a cause, motive, reason, or principle..

Springbuck :: Springbok (n.) Alt. of Springbuc.

Handspring :: Handspring (n.) A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground.

Jumart :: Jumart (n.) The fabled offspring of a bull and a mare.

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..

Bolt :: Bolt (v. i.) To spring suddenly aside, or out of the regular path; as, the horse bolted..

Bow-compass :: Bow-compass (n.) A small pair of compasses, one leg of which carries a pencil, or a pen, for drawing circles. Its legs are often connected by a bow-shaped spring, instead of by a joint..

Fillip :: Fillip (v. t.) To strike with the nail of the finger, first placed against the ball of the thumb, and forced from that position with a sudden spring; to snap with the finger..

Sminthurid :: Sminthurid (n.) Any one of numerous small species of springtails, of the family Sminthuridae, -- usually found on flowers. See Illust. under Collembola..

Feed :: Feed (v. t.) To fill the wants of; to supply with that which is used or wasted; as, springs feed ponds; the hopper feeds the mill; to feed a furnace with coal..

Podura :: Podura (n.) Any small leaping thysanurous insect of the genus Podura and related genera; a springtail.

Firstling :: Firstling (n.) The first produce or offspring; -- said of animals, especially domestic animals; as, the firstlings of his flock..

Outspring :: Outspring (v. i.) To spring out; to issue.

Springer :: Springer (n.) The impost, or point at which an arch rests upon its support, and from which it seems to spring..

Calve :: Calve (v. i.) To bring forth young; to produce offspring.

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