Springe

//spɹɪnd͡ʒ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A snare. obsolete

    "Ay, springes to catch woodcocks"

Verb
  1. 1
    To sprinkle; to scatter. obsolete
  2. 2
    To catch in a springe; to ensnare. transitive

    "By an active poacher who had hit a hare / From the other barrel, tired of springeing game"

Synonyms

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baitbirdlimebolabooby trapcobwebdeadfall

Example

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"Ay, springes to catch woodcocks"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English sprengen, from Old English sprenġan, sprenġċan, from Proto-West Germanic *sprangijan, from Proto-Germanic *sprangijaną (“to cause to spring”). See sprinkle.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle English spreng, a variant of spring with the form of sprengen.

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