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That from which anything springs; origin; first principle; as, the germ of civil liberty. Disease germ (Biol.), a name applied to certain tiny bacterial organisms or their spores, such as Anthrax bacillus and the Micrococcus of fowl cholera, which have been demonstrated to be the cause of certain diseases. See Germ the…

Offspring; progeny; as, the get of a stallion.

A boiling spring which throws forth at frequent intervals jets of water, mud, etc., driven up by the expansive power of steam.

ca, a variety of opal, deposited in concretionary cauliflowerlike masses, around some hot springs and geysers.

The offspring of a Spaniard and an Indian; a Spanish-Indian mestizo. [Sp. Amer.]

A tumor springing from the neuroglia or connective tissue of the brain, spinal cord, or other portions of the nervous system.

h all his goings. Job xxxiv. 21. Going barrel. (Horology) (a) A barrel containing the mainspring, and having teeth on its periphery to drive the train. (b) A device for maintaining a force to drive the train while the timepiece is being wound up. -- Going forth. (Script.) (a) Outlet; way of exit. "Every going forth of…

rb with yellow flowers (Chrysosplenium oppositifolium), blossoming in wet places in early spring. -- Golden seal (Bot.), a perennial ranunculaceous herb (Hydrastis Canadensis), with a thick knotted rootstock and large rounded leaves. -- Golden sulphide, or sulphuret, of antimony (Chem.), the pentasulphide of antimony…

with figures, to indicate the amount of the contents at the several levels. -- Graduated spring (Railroads), a combination of metallic and rubber springs.

The season of fresh grass; spring. [Colloq.] Two years old next grass. Lathsm.

To make green. Great spring before Greened all the year. Thomson.

A forest as it appears is spring and summer.

To come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad. In vain the spring my senses greets. Addison.

The offspring of a mulatto woman and a negro; also, a mulatto. [Local, U. S.]

To spring up and come to matturity in a natural way; to be produced by vegetation; to thrive; to flourish; as, rice grows in warm countries. Where law faileth, error groweth. Gower.

thus emitted; a rapid outpouring of anything; as, a gush of song from a bird. The gush of springs, An fall of lofty foundains. Byron.

e moth appears in August. The eggs are laid on tree trunks, rocks, etc., and hatch in the spring.

A flying object simulating a pigeon in flight, when projected from a spring trap. It is used as a flying target in shooting matches. Knight.

The offspring of a hag. Shak.

A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm.