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▪ I. springle, n.1|ˈsprɪŋg(ə)l|
Also 7 springal.
[? f. spring n.3]
A springe or snare. Also fig.
1602Carew Cornwall 24 They [woodcocks] arriue first on the North coast, where almost euerie hedge serveth for a Roade, and euerie plashoote for Springles to take them. 1654Vilvain Theorem. Theol. Supp. 230 Men may catch..Woodcocks in Springals. c1720De Foe An Apparition (1841) 259 In the springle their courtship had laid for me. 1869Blackmore Lorna D. ix, The..netting of the wood⁓cocks, and the springles to be minded in the garden. 1880Carnegie Pract. Trap. vii, The Springe or Springle—Its application in a variety of ways.
attrib.1875Blackmore Alice Lorraine I. xviii. 197 The rod bowed like a springle-bow.
▪ II. ˈspringle, n.2
[? f. spring n.1 9.]
A thatching rod.
1829Loudon Encycl. Plants 793 The plant [hazel] is of some value for hoops,..wattling-fences, and springles to fasten down thatch. 1841Hartshorne Salop. Ant. Gloss., Springle, a rod four feet long, generally of hazle or the mountain ash, used in thatching. 1876–in dial. use (Hereford, Essex, Shropsh., Herts.).
▪ III. springle, v.1|ˈsprɪŋg(ə)l|
Now rare or arch.
[f. spring v.1 13, or var. sprinkle v.1 Bespringle occurs earlier.]
trans. To sprinkle. Also absol.
1502Arnolde Chron. (1811) 168 Than thou most moyst them twyes or thries in the day, not yeting but dewyng or springling. 1561J. Daus tr. Bullinger on Apoc. (1573) 100 The postes or dore cheekes of the Israelites were springled with the bloud of the lambe. 1648Hexham ii, Versprengen, to Strowe, or to Springle here and there. Ibid., Een verspreydinge,..a Scattering, a Springling, or a Sheading abroad. 1799J. Robertson Agric. Perth 172 When the young shoots appear, another springling of earth is given from the trenches. 1910G. K. Chesterton Alarms & Discursions 57 Some overflowings from such a fountain of information may therefore be permitted to springle these pages.
▪ IV. † ˈspringle, v.2 Obs.—1
In 5 sprynggol-.
[var. of sprinkle v.2]
intr. To sparkle.
c1400Seven Deadly Sins (MS. Laud 416 fol. 39 b), [They] sette this whele vppon her hede; As eny hote yron yt was sprynggolyng rede. |