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noun

Springing n.

The act or process of one who, or that which, springs.

Growth; increase; also, that which springs up; a shoot; a plant. "Thou blessest the springing thereof."

Springing line of an arch (Arch.), the horizontal line drawn through the junction of the vertical face of the impost with the curve of the intrados; called also spring of an arch.

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Etymology of 'Springing'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Springing" Quotes from Famous Books

... lofty trees, with spreading arms, The pride and shelter of the plain; Ye humble shrubs and flowery charms, Which here in springing glory reign! If my complaints may pity move, Hear the sad story of my love! While with me here you pass your hours, Should you grow faded with my cares, I'll bribe you with refreshing showers; You shall be watered with my ...

— Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote • Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

... earth bears the sign of our sin (From the highest the evil came in); Yet ours are the same human features That veiled long agone the Divine. How comes it, O holy Creator! That we, not the first, but the latter Of varied and numberless beings Springing forth in Thy loving decreeings, That we are, of all, ...

— Poems: Patriotic, Religious, Miscellaneous • Abram J. Ryan, (Father Ryan)

... the poor dog had reached the shore, and stood shaking the water from his coat; so that the bystanders had to rush aside to escape a good wetting. Then he began to bark with joy and wag his tail, springing first at this one, then at that one, as if to express his ...

— After Long Years and Other Stories • Translated from the German by Sophie A. Miller and Agnes M. Dunne

... I can't pull you down!" cried I, springing forward: indignation giving me strength, I seized, and with one jerk pulled the Colossus forward and swung ...

— Tales & Novels, Vol. IX - [Contents: Harrington; Thoughts on Bores; Ormond] • Maria Edgeworth

... of labour which in the commonweal of the Great State will be altogether destroyed. It leads nowhither; it is a shelter hut on the road. The wider movement of modern civilisation is against class organisation and caste feeling. These are forces antagonistic to progress, continually springing up and endeavouring to stereotype the transitory ...

— An Englishman Looks at the World • H. G. Wells

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