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springe (sprinj)

noun

Now Rare a snare consisting of a noose attached to something under tension, as a bent tree branch

Etymology: ME sprenge < sprengen < OE sprengan, to cause to spring, caus. of springan, to spring

transitive verb springed, springeing springe′·ing

to snare in a springe

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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