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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

... repaired by the detachment before these reckless attempts at precipice-scaling were made. At one place there was a detachment of the 24th Infantry engaged in an alleged effort to repair the road. They did not seem to work with much vim. Chaplain Springer, having in the morning exhorted them to repentance and a better life and to doing good works unto their brethren, the enemy, was engaged at this point in the afternoon, it being Sunday, in a practical demonstration of ...

— The Gatlings at Santiago • John H. Parker

... been to reduce this body to an impotence unparalleled among national representative assemblies in countries having constitutional government. In a speech delivered on December 10, 1885, William M. Springer of Illinois complained: "We find ourselves bound hand and foot, the majority delivering themselves over to the power of the minority that might oppose any particular measures, so that nothing could be done in the way of ...

— The Cleveland Era - A Chronicle of the New Order in Politics, Volume 44 in The - Chronicles of America Series • Henry Jones Ford

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