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Springing
(gcide) | Spring \Spring\ (spr[i^]ng), v. i. [imp. Sprang (spr[a^]ng) or
Sprung (spr[u^]ng); p. p. Sprung; p. pr. & vb. n.
Springing.] [AS. springan; akin to D. & G. springen, OS. &
OHG. springan, Icel. & Sw. springa, Dan. springe; cf. Gr.
spe`rchesqai to hasten. Cf. Springe, Sprinkle.]
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1. To leap; to bound; to jump.
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The mountain stag that springs
From height to height, and bounds along the plains.
--Philips.
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2. To issue with speed and violence; to move with activity;
to dart; to shoot.
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And sudden light
Sprung through the vaulted roof. --Dryden.
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3. To start or rise suddenly, as from a covert.
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Watchful as fowlers when their game will spring.
--Otway.
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4. To fly back; as, a bow, when bent, springs back by its
elastic power.
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5. To bend from a straight direction or plane surface; to
become warped; as, a piece of timber, or a plank,
sometimes springs in seasoning.
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6. To shoot up, out, or forth; to come to the light; to begin
to appear; to emerge; as a plant from its seed, as streams
from their source, and the like; -- often followed by up,
forth, or out.
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Till well nigh the day began to spring. --Chaucer.
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To satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to
cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth.
--Job xxxviii.
27.
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Do not blast my springing hopes. --Rowe.
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O, spring to light; auspicious Babe, be born.
--Pope.
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7. To issue or proceed, as from a parent or ancestor; to
result, as from a cause, motive, reason, or principle.
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[They found] new hope to spring
Out of despair, joy, but with fear yet linked.
--Milton.
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8. To grow; to thrive; to prosper.
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What makes all this, but Jupiter the king,
At whose command we perish, and we spring? --Dryden.
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To spring at, to leap toward; to attempt to reach by a
leap.
To spring forth, to leap out; to rush out.
To spring in, to rush in; to enter with a leap or in haste.
To spring on or To spring upon, to leap on; to rush on
with haste or violence; to assault.
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Springing
(gcide) | Springing \Spring"ing\, n.
1. The act or process of one who, or that which, springs.
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2. Growth; increase; also, that which springs up; a shoot; a
plant.
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Thou blessest the springing thereof. --Ps. lxv. 10.
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Springing line of an arch (Arch.), the horizontal line
drawn through the junction of the vertical face of the
impost with the curve of the intrados; -- called also
spring of an arch.
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Springing line of an arch
(gcide) | Springing \Spring"ing\, n.
1. The act or process of one who, or that which, springs.
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2. Growth; increase; also, that which springs up; a shoot; a
plant.
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Thou blessest the springing thereof. --Ps. lxv. 10.
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Springing line of an arch (Arch.), the horizontal line
drawn through the junction of the vertical face of the
impost with the curve of the intrados; -- called also
spring of an arch.
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Springing use
(gcide) | Use \Use\, n. [OE. us use, usage, L. usus, from uti, p. p. usus,
to use. See Use, v. t.]
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1. The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's
service; the state of being so employed or applied;
application; employment; conversion to some purpose; as,
the use of a pen in writing; his machines are in general
use.
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Books can never teach the use of books. --Bacon.
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This Davy serves you for good uses. --Shak.
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When he framed
All things to man's delightful use. --Milton.
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2. Occasion or need to employ; necessity; as, to have no
further use for a book. --Shak.
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3. Yielding of service; advantage derived; capability of
being used; usefulness; utility.
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God made two great lights, great for their use
To man. --Milton.
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'T is use alone that sanctifies expense. --Pope.
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4. Continued or repeated practice; customary employment;
usage; custom; manner; habit.
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Let later age that noble use envy. --Spenser.
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How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable,
Seem to me all the uses of this world! --Shak.
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5. Common occurrence; ordinary experience. [R.]
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O Caesar! these things are beyond all use. --Shak.
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6. (Eccl.) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any
diocese; as, the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford
use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.
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From henceforth all the whole realm shall have but
one use. --Pref. to
Book of Common
Prayer.
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7. The premium paid for the possession and employment of
borrowed money; interest; usury. [Obs.]
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Thou art more obliged to pay duty and tribute, use
and principal, to him. --Jer. Taylor.
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8. [In this sense probably a corruption of OF. oes, fr. L.
opus need, business, employment, work. Cf. Operate.]
(Law) The benefit or profit of lands and tenements. Use
imports a trust and confidence reposed in a man for the
holding of lands. He to whose use or benefit the trust is
intended shall enjoy the profits. An estate is granted and
limited to A for the use of B.
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9. (Forging) A stab of iron welded to the side of a forging,
as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by
hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
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Contingent use, or Springing use (Law), a use to come
into operation on a future uncertain event.
In use.
(a) In employment; in customary practice observance.
(b) In heat; -- said especially of mares. --J. H. Walsh.
Of no use, useless; of no advantage.
Of use, useful; of advantage; profitable.
Out of use, not in employment.
Resulting use (Law), a use, which, being limited by the
deed, expires or can not vest, and results or returns to
him who raised it, after such expiration.
Secondary use, or Shifting use, a use which, though
executed, may change from one to another by circumstances.
--Blackstone.
Statute of uses (Eng. Law), the stat. 27 Henry VIII., cap.
10, which transfers uses into possession, or which unites
the use and possession.
To make use of, To put to use, to employ; to derive
service from; to use.
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springing cow
(wn) | springing cow
n 1: a cow about to give birth [syn: springer, {springing
cow}] |
SPRINGING USE
(bouvier) | SPRINGING USE, estates. One to arise on a future event, when no preceding
estate is limited, and does not take effect in derogation of any preceding
interest. Example: a grant is made to A in fee, to the use of B in fee,
after the fourth of July; no use arises till the limited period. The use in
the mean time results to the grantor, who has a determinable fee. A
springing use differs from a resulting use, (q.v.) or a shifting use. (q.v.)
4 Kent, Com. 292; Com. Dig. Uses, K 7 Wils. on Springing Uses; Corn. on
Uses, 91; 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1889.
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