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springe
/spɹɪnd͡ʒ/
verb 2noun 1
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2VERB + SPRINGE
caught
PREP.
with
Definitions
verb
1
To sprinkle; to scatter.
noun
1
A snare.
Ay, springes to catch woodcocks
Look how a mavis, or a pigeòn, / In any grove caught with a springe or net […]
verb
1
To catch in a springe; to ensnare.
By an active poacher who had hit a hare / From the other barrel, tired of springeing game
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Ay, springes to catch woodcocks
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Look how a mavis, or a pigeòn, / In any grove caught with a springe or net […]
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With hairy Sprindges we the Birds betray
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By an active poacher who had hit a hare / From the other barrel, tired of springeing game
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