springe
[sprinj]
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noun
a snare for catching small game.
verb (used with object), springed, spring·ing.
to catch in a springe.
verb (used without object), springed, spring·ing.
to set a springe or springes.
Origin of springe
1200–50; Middle English, variant of sprenge a snare, literally, something that is made to spring, derivative of sprengen to make spring, Old English sprengan, causative of springan to spring
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Historical Examples of springe
And briefly he sketched for her the springe he was setting with the help of Mr. Newlington.
Mistress WildingRafael Sabatini
Be caught like a bird in a springe; everything intended to be hidden from me!
A Pair of Blue EyesThomas Hardy
Thus had Amilcare been sold by his own purchase, and thus Grifone griped in his own springe.
Little Novels of ItalyMaurice Henry Hewlett
The German Emperor was paying his annual visit to the moors at Springe.
The Coming Conquest of EnglandAugust Niemann
You are now fairly trapped at last—caught like the woodcock in your own springe.
RookwoodWilliam Harrison Ainsworth
springe
noun
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Word Origin for springe
C13: related to Old English springan to spring
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