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Springe vs Springer - What's the difference?

springe | springer |

As nouns the difference between springe and springer

is that springe is (obsolete) snare while springer is a person that springs.

As a verb springe

is (obsolete) to sprinkle; to scatter.

springe

English

Verb

  • (obsolete) To sprinkle; to scatter.
  • * Chaucer
    • He would sowen some difficulty, / Or springen cockle in our cleane corn.
  • To catch in a springe; to ensnare.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) snare
  • * 1602 : , act 1 scene 3 line 114
    • Ay, springes to catch woodcocks

    Anagrams

    * ----

    springer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person that springs.
  • Anything that springs.
  • A spring salmon.
  • A stone at the base of an arch (from which the arch springs).
  • A springing cow.
  • A springer spaniel.
  • A springbok.

    • Derived terms

    * cross-springer, cross springer * English springer * mudspringer * secret springer * springer antelope * springer fork * springer point * springer spaniel * springer-up * Welsh springer

    Related terms

    * Eptatretus springeri * klippspringer, klipspringer * Springer illusion