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springer(dictionary)
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springer (iou)



springer noun. ME.
[from SPRING verb1 + -ER1.]
A person who or thing which springs or leaps. ME.
b. A physical-training instructor in the navy. slang. M20.
Architecture. The part of an arch where the curve begins; the lowest stone of this; the bottom stone of the coping of a gable. E17.
a. A young sapling. rare. Only in E18.
b. A tall variety of mushroom. local. M19.
a. A fish which springs or leaps; now spec. a newly run salmon. E18.
b. Zoology. The springbok. Also springer antelope. Now rare. L18.
A snare, a springe. E19.
In full springer spaniel. (An animal of) either of two breeds of sturdy spaniel (more fully English springer (spaniel), Welsh springer (spaniel)) bred to spring game. E19.
A cow or heifer near to calving. M19.
A racehorse on which the betting odds suddenly shorten. slang. E20.