springe
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English
7 letters
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A noose fastened to an elastic body, and drawn close with a sudden spring, whereby it catches a bird or other animal; a gin; a snare. As a woodcock to mine own springe. Shak.
To catch in a springe; to insnare. [R.]
To sprinkle; to scatter. [Obs.] He would sowen some difficulty, Or springen cockle in our cleane corn. Chaucer.
Definition: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
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