springing (root: spring)

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Noun

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springing, n.

The act or process of one who, or that which, springs. [1913 Webster]
Growth; increase; also, that which springs up; a shoot; a plant. [1913 Webster]
"Thou blessest the springing thereof." [1913 Webster]

Springing line of an arch (Arch.), the horizontal line drawn through the junction of the vertical face of the impost with the curve of the intrados; -- called also spring of an arch.