Spring"al (?), Spring"ald (?), Spring"all (?), a. [Scot. springald, springel, fr. Scot. & E. spring.]
An active, springly young man.
[Obs.] "There came two
springals of full tender years."
Spenser.
Joseph, when he was sold to Potiphar, that great man, was a fair young springall.
Latimer.
© Webster 1913.
Spring"al, n. [OF. espringale; of Teutonic origin, akin to E. spring.]
An ancient military engine for casting stones and arrows by means of a spring.
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