Definition of spring

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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..

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Springboard :: Springal (n.) An ancient military engine for casting stones and arrows by means of a spring.
Hepatica :: Hepatica (n.) A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone; squirrel cup.
Scarificator :: Scarificator (n.) An instrument, principally used in cupping, containing several lancets moved simultaneously by a spring, for making slight incisions..
Air Chamber :: Air chamber () A cavity containing air to act as a spring for equalizing the flow of a liquid in a pump or other hydraulic machine.
Triplet :: Triplet (n.) Three children or offspring born at one birth.
Illutation :: Illutation (n.) The act or operation of smearing the body with mud, especially with the sediment from mineral springs; a mud bath..
Vernant :: Vernant (a.) Flourishing, as in spring; vernal..
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..
Strenger :: Strene (n.) Race; offspring; stock; breed; strain.
Surbated :: Surbased (a.) Having the vertical height from springing line to crown less than the half span; -- said of an arch; as, a segmental arch is surbased..
Synecdochical :: Synecdoche (n.) A figure or trope by which a part of a thing is put for the whole (as, fifty sail for fifty ships), or the whole for a part (as, the smiling year for spring), the species for the genus (as, cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as, a creature for a man), the name of the material for the thing made, etc..
Ramp :: Ramp (v. i.) To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp..
Crocus :: Crocus (n.) A genus of iridaceous plants, with pretty blossoms rising separately from the bulb or corm. C. vernus is one of the earliest of spring-blooming flowers; C. sativus produces the saffron, and blossoms in the autumn..
Sminthurid :: Sminthurid (n.) Any one of numerous small species of springtails, of the family Sminthuridae, -- usually found on flowers. See Illust. under Collembola..
Mestizo :: Mestizo (n.) The offspring of an Indian or a negro and a European or person of European stock.
Smile :: Smile (v. i.) Gay or joyous appearance; as, the smiles of spring..
Spring :: Spring (v. t.) To pass over by leaping; as, to spring a fence..
Settle :: Settle (v. i.) To become firm, dry, and hard, as the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared; as, the roads settled late in the spring..
Sprunt :: Sprunt (n.) A leap; a spring.
Medicinal :: Medicinal (a.) Having curative or palliative properties; used for the cure or alleviation of bodily disorders; as, medicinal tinctures, plants, or springs..
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