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Word Meanings - SPRINGLET - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A little spring. But yet from out the little hill Oozes the slender springlet still. Sir W. Scott.

Related words: (words related to SPRINGLET)

  • STILLY
    Still; quiet; calm. The stilly hour when storms are gone. Moore.
  • SPREADINGLY
    , adv. Increasingly. The best times were spreadingly infected. Milton.
  • SPRINGBOARD
    An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often by elastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or in exercising.
  • SPRINGE
    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.
  • SPRINGAL
    An ancient military engine for casting stones and arrows by means of a spring.
  • STILLBIRTH
    The birth of a dead fetus.
  • SPRINT
    To run very rapidly; to run at full speed. A runner should be able to sprint the whole way. Encyc. Brit. (more info) Etym:
  • SPRIGHTLY
    Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance. "Sprightly wit and love inspires." Dryden. The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. Pope.
  • SPRINKLING
    1. The act of one who, or that which, sprinkles. Baptism may well enough be performed by sprinkling or effusion of water. Ayliffe. 2. A small quantity falling in distinct drops or particles; as, a sprinkling of rain or snow. 3. Hence, a moderate
  • SPRINGY
    1. Resembling, having the qualities of, or pertaining to, a spring; elastic; as, springy steel; a springy step. Though her little frame was slight, it was firm and springy. Sir W. Scott. 2. Abounding with springs or fountains; wet; spongy; as,
  • SPRIGGED
    Having sprigs.
  • STILLSTAND
    A standstill. Shak.
  • LITTLENESS
    The state or quality of being little; as, littleness of size, thought, duration, power, etc. Syn. -- Smallness; slightness; inconsiderableness; narrowness; insignificance; meanness; penuriousness.
  • SPRUNTLY
    In a sprunt manner; smartly; vigorously; youthfully. B. Jonson.
  • STILLING
    A stillion.
  • SPRINGHALT
    A kind of lameness in horse. See Stringhalt. Shak.
  • SPRIGHTFUL
    Full of spirit or of life; earnest; vivacious; lively; brisk; nimble; gay. -- Spright"ful*ly, adv. Shak. -- Spright"ful*ness, n. Spoke like a sprightful gentlemen. Shak. Steeds sprightful as the light. Cowley.
  • STILLAGE
    A low stool to keep the goods from touching the floor. Knight.
  • SPRIT
    To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out. Sir T. Browne.
  • SPRECHERY
    Movables of an inferior description; especially, such as have been collected by depredation.
  • DISPROPORTIONALLY
    In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.
  • INSTILL
    To drop in; to pour in drop by drop; hence, to impart gradually; to infuse slowly; to cause to be imbibed. That starlight dews All silently their tears of love instill. Byron. How hast thou instilled Thy malice into thousands. Milton. Syn. -- To
  • DISPROPORTIONABLE
    Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. Hammond. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*bly, adv.
  • DISPROPORTIONALITY
    The state of being disproportional. Dr. H. More.
  • PISTILLIFEROUS
    Pistillate.
  • HANDSPRING
    A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground.
  • DISTILLABLE
    Capable of being distilled; especially, capable of being distilled without chemical change or decomposition; as, alcohol is distillable; olive oil is not distillable.
  • DISTILLATION
    The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible
  • FINESTILLER
    One who finestills.
  • MISPROPORTION
    To give wrong proportions to; to join without due proportion.
  • MISPRONOUNCE
    To pronounce incorrectly.

 

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