Definition of spring

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

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Jump :: "Jump (v. t.) To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap; as, to jump a stream..
Cowslip :: Cowslip (n.) In the United States, the marsh marigold (Caltha palustris), appearing in wet places in early spring and often used as a pot herb. It is nearer to a buttercup than to a true cowslip. See Illust. of Marsh marigold..
Prepotency :: Prepotency (n.) The capacity, on the part of one of the parents, as compared with the other, to transmit more than his or her own share of characteristics to their offspring..
Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge, as conies, rabbits, etc..
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 bend by force, as something stiff or strong; to force or put by bending, as a beam into its sockets, and allowing it to straighten when in place; -- often with in, out, etc.; as, to spring in a slat or a bar..
Increase :: Increase (v. i.) Progeny; issue; offspring.
Estuary :: Estuary (n.) A place where water boils up; a spring that wells forth.
Posterity :: Posterity (n.) The race that proceeds from a progenitor; offspring to the furthest generation; the aggregate number of persons who are descended from an ancestor of a generation; descendants; -- contrasted with ancestry; as, the posterity of Abraham..
Be- :: Be- () To make the action of a verb particular or definite; as, beget (to get as offspring); beset (to set around)..
Locket :: Locket (n.) A small lock; a catch or spring to fasten a necklace or other ornament.
Descendant :: Descendant (n.) One who descends, as offspring, however remotely; -- correlative to ancestor or ascendant..
Fountain :: Fountain (n.) A spring of water issuing from the earth.
Budlet :: Budlet (n.) A little bud springing from a parent bud.
Exilition :: Exilition (n.) A sudden springing or leaping out.
Basilary :: Basilary (n.) Lower; inferior; applied to impulses or springs of action.
Laving :: Laving (v. i.) Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as, a living spring; -- opposed to stagnant..
Noddy :: Noddy (n.) An inverted pendulum consisting of a short vertical flat spring which supports a rod having a bob at the top; -- used for detecting and measuring slight horizontal vibrations of a body to which it is attached.
Lunette :: Lunette (n.) Any surface of semicircular or segmental form; especially, the piece of wall between the curves of a vault and its springing line..
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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