Cross-springer :: Cross-springer (n.) One of the ribs in a groined arch, springing from the corners in a diagonal direction. [See Illustr. of Groined vault.].

Dayspring :: Dayspring (n.) The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; hence, the beginning..

Drawspring :: Drawspring (n.) The spring to which a drawbar is attached.

Espringal :: Espringal (n.) An engine of war used for throwing viretons, large stones, and other missiles; a springal..

Hairspring :: Hairspring (n.) The slender recoil spring which regulates the motion of the balance in a timepiece.

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

Headspring :: Headspring (n.) Fountain; source.

Klipspringer :: Klipspringer (n.) A small, graceful South African antelope (Nanotragus oreotragus), which, like the chamois, springs from one crag to another with great agility; -- called also kainsi..

Lifespring :: Lifespring (n.) Spring or source of life.

Mainspring :: Mainspring (n.) The principal or most important spring in a piece of mechanism, especially the moving spring of a watch or clock or the spring in a gunlock which impels the hammer. Hence: The chief or most powerful motive; the efficient cause of action..

Offspring :: Offspring (n.sing. & pl.) The act of production; generation.

Offspring :: Offspring (n.sing. & pl.) That which is produced; a child or children; a descendant or descendants, however remote from the stock..

Offspring :: Offspring (n.sing. & pl.) Origin; lineage; family.

Osspringer :: Osspringer (n.) The osprey.

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

Overspring :: Overspring (v. t.) To spring or leap over.

Spring :: Springing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sprin.

Spring :: Spring (v. i.) To leap; to bound; to jump.

Spring :: Spring (v. i.) To issue with speed and violence; to move with activity; to dart; to shoot.

Spring :: Spring (v. i.) To start or rise suddenly, as from a covert..

Spring :: Spring (v. i.) To fly back; as, a bow, when bent, springs back by its elastic power..

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..

Spring :: 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..

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. i.) To grow; to prosper.

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..

Spring :: Spring (v. t.) To produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly.

Spring :: Spring (v. t.) To cause to explode; as, to spring a mine..

Spring :: Spring (v. t.) To crack or split; to bend or strain so as to weaken; as, to spring a mast or a yard..

Spring :: Spring (v. t.) To cause to close suddenly, as the parts of a trap operated by a spring; as, to spring a trap..

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