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springer

springer is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.A young plant. [Obs.] Evelyn.
  2. 2.(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.
  3. 3.(Zoöl.) The grampus.
  4. 4.(Zoöl.) A variety of the field spaniel. See Spaniel.
  5. 5.(Zoöl.) A species of antelope; the sprinkbok.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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