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springe

  [sprinj] ,noun, verb, springed, spring⋅ing.
–noun
1. a snare for catching small game.
–verb (used with object)
2. to catch in a springe.
–verb (used without object)
3. to set a springe or springes.
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Origin:
1200–50; ME, var. of sprenge a snare, lit., something that is made to spring, deriv. of sprengen to make spring, OE sprengan, causative of springan to spring
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springe   (sprĭnj)   
n.  

  1. A device for snaring small game, made by attaching a noose to a branch under tension.

  2. A trap or snare.


[Middle English, branch, spring; see spring.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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