SPRINGER

n.

8 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

One who, or that which, springs; specifically, one who rouses game.

2.
n.

A young plant. [Obs.] Evelyn.

3.
n.

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

4.
n.

The bottom stone of an arch, which lies on the impost. The skew back is one form of springer.

5.
n.

The rib of a groined vault, as being the solid abutment for each section of vaulting.

6.
n.

The grampus.

7.
n.

A variety of the field spaniel. See Spaniel.

8.
n.

A species of antelope; the sprinkbok.


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