Spring

spring, v.i. to bound: to leap: to rush hastily: to move suddenly by elastic force: to start up suddenly: to break forth: to appear: to i ue: to come into existence: ( B. ) to rise, as the sun.— v.t. to cause to spring up: to start: to produce quickly, cause to act suddenly: to leap over: to explode, as a mine: to open, as a leak: to crack, as a mast: to bend by force, strain: ( arch it. ) to start from an abutment, .: to set together with bevel-joints:— pa.t. sprang, sprung; pa.p. sprung.— n. a leap: a flying back with elastic force: elastic power: an elastic body: any active power: that by which action is produced: cause or origin: a source: an outflow of water from the earth: ( B. ) the dawn: the time when plants begin to spring up and grow, the vernal season—March, April, May: a starting of a plank in a ve el: a crack in a mast.— ns. Spring′al , Spring′ald , an active springy young man, a youth; Spring′-back , an inner false joint on a bound book, springing upward from the true or outer back when the book is opened flat; Spring′-bal′ance , an instrument for determining the weight of a body by the elasticity of a spiral spring; Spring′-beam , a beam of considerable span, without central support, the tie-beam of a tru ; in a steamer, a fore-and-aft beam for connecting the two paddle-beams: an elastic bar at the top of a tilt-hammer, jig-saw, .; Spring′-beau′ty , the Claytonia Virginica ; Spring′-bed , a mattre formed of spiral springs set in a wooden frame; Spring′-bee′tle , an elater; Spring′-board , a board fastened on elastic supports, used to spring from in performing feats of agility; Spring′bok , a beautiful South African antelope, larger than a roebuck [Dut.]; Spring′-box , a box or barrel in which a spring is coiled: the frame of a sofa, ., in which the springs are set; Spring′-carr′iage , a wheel-carriage mounted on springs; Spring′-cart , a light cart mounted upon springs; Spring′er , a kind of dog of the spaniel cla , useful for springing game in copses: one who springs: the bottom stone of an arch; Spring′-gun , a gun having wires connected with its trigger, and so fixed and planted as to be discharged when trespa ers stumble against the wire; Spring′-halt , a jerking lamene in which a horse suddenly twitches up his leg or legs; Spring′-hamm′er , a machine-hammer in which the blow is delivered or augmented by the force of a spring; Spring′-head , a fountain-head, source: a head or end-piece for a carriage-spring.— adj. Spring′-head′ed ( Spens. ), having heads springing afresh.— ns. Spring′-heeled Jack , one supposed capable of leaping a great height or distance in carrying out mischievous or frolicsome tricks; Spring′-hook , an angler's snap-hook or spear-hook: a latch or door-hook with a spring-catch for keeping it fast in the staple: in a locomotive, a hook fixing the driving-wheel spring to the frame; Spring′-house , a house for keeping meat in, or a dairy, built for coolne over a spring or brook; Spring′ine ; Spring′ing , the act of springing, leaping, arising, or i uing: ( B. ) growth, increase: ( arch it. ) the lowest part of an arch on both sides; Spring′-jack , a device for inserting a loop in a main electric line-circuit, a plug being forced between two spring contacts; Spring′-latch , a latch that snaps into the keeper whenever the door is shut; Spring′let , a little spring: a small stream; Spring′-lig′ament , the inferior calcaneoscaphoid ligament of the sole of the foot; Spring′-lock , a lock which fastens by a spring; Spring′-mat′tre = Spring-bed ; Spring′-net , a net that closes with a spring; Spring′-pad′lock , a padlock that snaps itself shut; Spring′-pole , a pole whose elasticity serves as a spring; Spring′-sad′dle , a bent iron bar of IMG:c362_908_Spring saddle.png_utm_source_en.wiki source.org_utm_campaign_parser_utm_content_thumbnail_unscaled:Chambers_1908_Spring saddle.png?utm_source=en.wiki source.org _campaign=parser _content=thumbnail_unscaled form on the top of a railway carriage journal-box, surrounding the arch-bar and supporting the spring; Spring′-search′er , a steel-pronged tool to search for defects in the bore of a gun; Spring′-shack′le , a shackle closed by a spring: a shackle joining one spring of a vehicle with another or with a rigid piece; Spring′-stay ( naut. ), a smaller stay, placed above the stays as a duplicate if needed; Spring′-stud , a rod pa ed through the axis of a coil-spring to keep it in place; Spring′-tail , one of an order of primitive wingle insects ( Collembola ), so called popularly from a peculiar springing fork usually present on the abdomen; Spring′-tide , the periodical exce of the elevation and depre ion of the tide, after new and full moon, when both sun and moon act in the same direction; Spring′-tide , -time , the season of spring; Spring′-tool , any tool bearing a spring, as a gla -blower's tongs; Spring′-trap , a trap worked by a spring, a mouse-trap, .; Spring′-valve , a valve fitted with a spring: a safety-valve connected with a spring-balance; Spring′-wa′ter , water i uing from a spring; Spring′-wheat , wheat sown in the spring, rather than autumn or winter; Spring′-wort , a plant which draws down lightning—perh. the caper spurge.— adj. Spring′y , pertaining to, or like, a spring, elastic, nimble: abounding with springs.— Spring a leak , to commence leaking; Spring a mine , to cause it to explode—often used figuratively; Spring a rattle , to cause a rattle to sound; Spring at , to leap at; Spring forth , to come forward with a leap: to shoot up rapidly; Spring on , or upon , to attack with violence. [A.S. spring an ; Ger. springen .]