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springlet|ˈsprɪŋlɪt|
[f. spring n.1 + -let.]
†1. A young sprout or shoot. In quot. fig. of children. Obs.—1
a1750A. Hill Wks. (1753) II. 355 How does the budding springlets of his lovely family?
2. A small spring or fountain.
1808Scott Marm. vi. xxxvii, From out the little hill Oozes the slender springlet still. 1844Blackw. Mag. LVI. 212 They shall drive nice and slowly round about the springlet. 1879J. Burroughs Locusts & Wild H. 121 Every little rill and springlet.
fig.1830J. Wright Retrospect i. 48 The soul's dried springlets that now bound along. 1865A. W. Buchan Song of Rest v. 142 Its paltry springlets intervene To lure our vision from the heavenly scene. |