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noun

Springer n.

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

A young plant. (Obs.)

(Arch.)

(a)

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

(b)

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

(c)

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

(Zool.) The grampus.

(Zool.) A variety of the field spaniel. See Spaniel.

(Zool.) A species of antelope; the springbok.

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Etymology of 'Springer'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Springer" Quotes from Famous Books

... illusions, and most apt to entertain them, and the Devil best able to work upon them. But whether by obsession, or possession, or otherwise, I will not determine; 'tis a difficult question. Delrio the Jesuit, Tom. 3. lib. 6. Springer and his colleague, mall. malef. Pet. Thyreus the Jesuit, lib. de daemoniacis, de locis infestis, de Terrificationibus nocturnis, Hieronymus Mengus Flagel. daem. and others of that rank of pontifical ...

— The Anatomy of Melancholy • Democritus Junior

... springer,' to use the mysterious terms of the trade—Robson by name—whom Elsmere had originally known as a clever workman belonging to the watchmaking colony, and a diligent attendant from the beginning on the Sunday lectures. He was now too ill to leave his lodgings, and his sickly pessimist personality ...

— Robert Elsmere • Mrs. Humphry Ward

Words linked to "Springer" : moo-cow, springer spaniel, arch, springing cow, impost