Category:Springer

Spring"er, n.

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. (zoöl.)

Defn: the grampus.

5. (zoöl.)

Defn: a variety of the field spaniel. See spaniel.

6. (zoöl.)

Defn: a species of antelope; the sprinkbok.