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1. Springer
   HMS Springer was a British Sealion Class submarine of 715 tons displacement launched during the early 1940's. HMS Springer was armed with one 3-inch gun; one 20 mm anti-aircraft gun; three machine-guns; six 21-inch torpedo tubes in the bow and one external 21 inch torpedo tube. She had a top speed o...
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2. Springer
   In architecture a springer is the impost, or point at which an arch rests upon its support, and from which it seems to spring. Hence the term describes the bottom stone of an arch, which lies on the impost. The skew back is one form of springer. The term is also used to describe the rib of a groined...
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3. springer
   The lowest voussoir on each side of an arch. It is where the vertical support for the arch terminates and the curve of the arch begins.
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4. springer
   [n] - the lowest stone in an arch -- from which it springs 2. [n] - a cow about to give birth
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5. Springer
   point from which an arch or vault is struck from a wall face
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6. springer
   the voussoir which rests on the cap above a jamb and marks the beginning of an arch stoke-hole. furnace-area for a hypocaust
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7. springer
   a supple pole for wedging between the frame and the loading chains of a pole wagon so as to take up the chain slack Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • member supporting the arch. Category: Iron and steel industries
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8. Springer
   The first stone of an arch or vaulting rib above the springing point. A double springer is a gabled stone from which spring two adjoining arches.
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9. Springer
   Spring'er noun 1. One who, or that which, springs; specifically, one who rouses game. 2. A young plant. [ Obsolete] Evelyn. 3. (Architecture) (a) The impost, or point at which an arch rests upon its suppo...
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10. springer
    1. One who, or that which, springs; specifically, one who rouses game. ... 2. A young plant. ... 3. The impost, or point at which an arch rests upon its support, and from which it seems to spring. Hence: The bottom stone of an arch, which lies on the impost. The skew back is one form of springer. .....
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11. springer
    springing cow noun a cow about to give birth
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12. springer
    impost noun the lowest stone in an arch -- from which it springs
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13. Springer
    • (n.) The impost, or point at which an arch rests upon its support, and from which it seems to spring. • (n.) The rib of a groined vault, as being the solid abutment for each section of vaulting. • (n.) The grampus. • (n.) A variety of the field spaniel. See Spaniel. • (n.)...
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14. springer
    lowest tilted stones of an arch or vault
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15. springer
    
    • a cow about to give birth
    • a large spaniel with wavy silky coat usually black or liver and white
    
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16. Springer
    Springer is slang for a navy physical-training instructor.
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17. Springer
    Springer is slang for a navy physical-training instructor.
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18. Springer
    The Mittlere Ladungstrager (SdKfz 304) or 'Springer' was a German expendable tracked demolition charge vehicle of the Second World War. The Springer was driven close to the target, before the driver disembarked and guided the vehicle in the rest of the way to the target by radio control before deton...
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19. Springer
    A horse whose price shortens dramatically, each new quotation being taken up (e.g. from 20-1, 100 - 8, 10 - 1, 8 - 1, 6-1, 5 - 1, 9 - 2, 4 - 1 to an S.P. of 7 - 2).
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20. Springer
    (EP) `Springer` is the 2003 debut EP by the Danish group Efterklang. They self-released it on their Rumraket label in 2003, employing the do-it-yourself aesthetic by making 500 copies packaged in fake white fur. It was later released worldwide by The Leaf Label in April 2005. Track lis...
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21. Springer
    (Transformers) `Springer` is the name of several fictional characters from the various Transformers universes. For trademark reasons, many toys of the character are named `Autobot Springer`. Transformers: Generation 1: He is a green Autobot Triple Changer who can transform into both a Cybertr...
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22. Springer
    (tank) The `Springer` (complete name: Mittlerer Ladungsträger Springer, Sd.Kfz. 304) was a demolition vehicle of the German Wehrmacht in World War II. Based on the well-known NSU Kettenkrad, the NSU Werke AG at Neckarsulm, Germany, developed and built around 50 Springer demolition vehicles...
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23. Springer
    (surname) `Springer` is a German surname. Szprynger and Szpringer are Polonised forms. Å pringer is the Slavonised form, used for example in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia, Serbia. `Springer` is the surname of:
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24. Springer
    (architecture) A `springer` is an architectural term for the lowest voussoir on each side of an arch. Since it is the bottom-most element of the arch, it is where the arch support terminates at the responds. It rests on the impost or pier of the arch, that is, the topmost part of the abutment, from which the arch arises.
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25. Springer
    (killer whale) `Springer` (born late 1999 or early 2000), officially named `A73`, is a wild killer whale from the Northern Resident Community of whales which every summer frequent the waters off the northern part of Vancouver Island, British Columbia (BC). In 2002, a year after her mother had...
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