Hypertext Webster Gateway: "springal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Springal \Spring"al\, Springald \Spring"ald\, Springall
\Spring"all\, a. [Scot. springald, springel, fr. Scot. & E.
spring.]
An active, springly young man. [Obs.] ``There came two
springals of full tender years.'' --Spenser.
Joseph, when he was sold to Potiphar, that great man,
was a fair young springall. --Latimer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Springal \Spring"al\, n. [OF. espringale; of Teutonic origin,
akin to E. spring.]
An ancient military engine for casting stones and arrows by
means of a spring.
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