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One who, or that which, rings; especially, one who rings chimes on bells.

A falconer who keeps a goschawk. [Obs.] Shak. Cowell. [Written also austringer.]

One who brings. Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news Hath but a losing office. Shak. Bringer in, one who, or that which, introduces.

One who cringes.

One of the ribs in a groined arch, springing from the corners in a diagonal direction.

A kind of short-barreled pocket pistol, of very large caliber, often carrying a half-ounce ball.

One who puts rings into the snouts of hogs.

One who infringes or violates; a violator. Strype.

from one crag to another with great agility; -- called also kainsi. [Written also klippspringer.]

See Murenger. Jacob.

The osprey. [R.]

A porridge dish; esp., a bowl or cup from which children eat or are fed; as, a silver porringer. Wordsworth.

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

makes or provides strings, especially for bows. Be content to put your trust in honest stringers. Ascham.

One who, or that which, wrings; hence, an extortioner.

A bringer in; an importer. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

One skilled in campanology; a bell ringer.

gonal molding (Arch.), a chevron or zigzag molding. -- Diagonal rib. (Arch.) See Cross-springer. -- Diagonal scale, a scale which consists of a set of parallel lines, with other lines crossing them obliquely, so that their intersections furnish smaller subdivisions of the unit of measure than could be conveniently ma…

A bringer of the glad tidings of Church and his doctrines. Specially: (a) A missionary preacher sent forth to prepare the way for a resident pastor; an itinerant missionary preacher. (b) A writer of one of the four Gospels (With the definite article); as, the four evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. (c) A trave…

A small, graceful, and swift African antelope, allied to the klipspringer.