Hypertext Webster Gateway: "springe"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Springe \Springe\, n. [From {Spring}, v. i.: cf. G. sprenkel,
Prov. E. springle.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Springe \Springe\, v. t.
To catch in a springe; to insnare. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Springe \Spring"e\ (? or ?), v. t. [OE. sprengen. See
{Sprinkle}.]
To sprinkle; to scatter. [Obs.]
He would sowen some difficulty, Or springen cockle in
our cleane corn. --Chaucer.
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