Lexic.us

Definition of Springer

1. Noun. The lowest stone in an arch -- from which it springs.

2. Noun. A cow about to give birth.

3. Noun. A large spaniel with wavy silky coat usually black or liver and white.

Definition of Springer

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

Definition of Springer

1. Noun. A person that springs. ¹

2. Noun. Anything that springs. ¹

3. Noun. A spring salmon. ¹

4. Noun. A springer antelope. ¹

5. Noun. A stone at the base of an arch (from which the arch springs). ¹

6. Noun. A springing cow. ¹

7. Noun. A springer spaniel. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Springer

1. one that springs [n -S] - See also: springs

Medical Definition of Springer

1. 1. One who, or that which, springs; specifically, one who rouses game. 2. A young plant. 3. The impost, or point at which an arch rests upon its support, and from which it seems to spring. Hence: The bottom stone of an arch, which lies on the impost. The skew back is one form of springer. The rib of a groined vault, as being the solid abutment for each section of vaulting. 4. The grampus. 5. A variety of the field spaniel. See Spaniel. 6. A species of antelope; the sprinkbok. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Springer

springal springald springalds springals springboard springboarded springboarding springboards springbok springboks

springbuck springcreekite springe springed springeing springer (current term) springer spaniel springerle springerles springers

springes springeth springform springforms springhaas springhalt springhare springhares springhead springheads

Literary usage of Springer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of Dakota Territory by George Washington Kingsbury, George Martin Smith (1915)
"Mr. springer exhibited some symptoms of yielding to the pressure of ... Regarding the Sioux Falls constitution of 1885, Mr. springer said: It had been ..."

2. The Best Short Stories of ... and the Yearbook of the American Short Story edited by [Anonymus AC02789944] (1919)
"... BY FLETA CAMPBELL springer From Harper's Magazine IE were sitting — three Frenchmen, a young American named Homan, and I — in the cafe of one of those ..."

3. Selected Cases on Real Property: Selected and Arranged for Use in Connection by Christopher Gustavus Tiedeman (1897)
"springer, 49 NJ Eq. 289; 24 A. 933. Appeal from court of chancery. Bill by Charles L. springer and William H. springer against ..."

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