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. Zool.
The grampus.
5. Zool.
A variety of the field spaniel. See Spaniel.
6. Zool.
A species of antelope; the sprinkbok.
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