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Webster 1913 Edition
Springer
Spring′er
(sprĭng′ẽr)
, Noun.
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.
(Zool.)
The grampus.
6.
(Zool.)
A species of antelope; the springbok.
Webster 1828 Edition
Springer
SPRINGER
,Noun.
1.
One who springs; one that rouses game.2.
A name given to the grampus.3.
In architecture, the rib of a groin or concentrated vault.