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See also:SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a See also:common Teut. word, cf. Ger. See also:springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly) , primarily the See also:act of springing or leaping . The word is hence applied in various senses: to the See also:season of the See also:year in which plant See also:life begins to bud and shoot; to a source of See also:water springing or welling up from below the See also:surface of the See also:earth and flowing away as a stream or See also:standing in a See also:pool (see WATER See also:SUPPLY) ; or to an elastic or resilient See also:body or contrivance for receiving and imparting See also:mechanical See also:power . The most See also:common See also:form in which springs in this last sense are made is that of a See also:spiral coil of See also:wire or narrow See also:band of See also:steel . There are many uses to which they are put, e.g. for communicating See also:motion, as in a See also:clock or See also:watch (qq.v.), or for relieving concussion, as in the See also:case of carriages (q.v.) . |
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