Meaning of SPRINGER
| Pronunciation: | | 'springur
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- [n] a large spaniel with wavy silky coat usually black or liver and white
- [n] a cow about to give birth
- [n] the lowest stone in an arch -- from which it springs
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| | Synonyms: | | impost, springer spaniel, springing cow |
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| | See Also: | | arch, cow, English springer, English springer spaniel, moo-cow, spaniel, stone, Welsh springer spaniel | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Spring"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, springs; specifically, one who
rouses game.
2. A young plant. [Obs.] --Evelyn.
3. (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.
4. (Zo["o]l.) The grampus.
5. (Zo["o]l.) A variety of the field spaniel. See {Spaniel}.
6. (Zo["o]l.) A species of antelope; the sprinkbok.
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