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• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a See also:

• COMMON

common Teut. word, cf. Ger. See also:

• SPRINGER (Fr. rein)
• SPRINGER, ANTON HEINRICH (1825–1891)

springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)  , primarily the See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of springing or leaping . The word is hence applied in various senses: to the See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season of the See also:

• YEAR

year in which plant See also:

• LIFE

life begins to bud and shoot; to a source of See also:

• WATER

water springing or welling up from below the See also:

• SURFACE

surface of the See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth and flowing away as a stream or See also:

• STANDING

standing in a See also:

• POOL

pool (see WATER See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

SUPPLY) ; or to an elastic or resilient See also:

• BODY

body or contrivance for receiving and imparting See also:

• MECHANICAL

mechanical See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power . The most See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form in which springs in this last sense are made is that of a See also:

• SPIRAL

spiral coil of See also:

• WIRE (A.S. wir, a wire; cf. Swed. vire, to twist, M.H.G. wiere, a gold ornament, Lat. viriae, armlets, ultimately from the root wi, to twist, bind)

wire or narrow See also:

• BAND

band of See also:

• STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel . There are many uses to which they are put, e.g. for communicating See also:

• MOTION (Lat. motio, from movere, to move)
• MOTION, LAWS OF

motion, as in a See also:

• CLOCK

clock or See also:

• WATCH (in O. Eng. wcecce, a keeping guard or watching, from wacian, to guard, watch, wacan, to wake)

watch (qq.v.), or for relieving concussion, as in the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of carriages (q.v.) .