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  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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