Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A spring formed of inner and outer leaves, of which the latter are not connected at the middle with the former, all being secured together at the ends.
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Examples
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What she did to the tension-spring heaven only knows.
The Prairie Child Arthur Stringer 1912
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