Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A spring made up of one set of leaves; a half-elliptic spring.
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Examples
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At that he made a half-spring, as if to take it by force, but checked himself, and snapped out:
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At that he made a half-spring, as if to take it by force, but checked himself, and snapped out:
Wanderers Knut Hamsun 1905
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Arrived at Ruge's trading post at the Landing, his horses and police, half-spring wagons would be left to the trader's care, for beyond this point their services would be dispensed with.
The Heart of Unaga Ridgwell Cullum 1905
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To those half-spring, half-winter days, when first
Ride to the Lady And Other Poems Helen Gray Cone 1896
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