Besprinkling :: Besprinkling (n.) The act of sprinkling anything; a sprinkling over.
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..
Disprince :: Disprince (v. t.) To make unlike a prince.
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.
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..
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..
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..