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spring of an arch

Springing \Spring"ing\, n.

  1. The act or process of one who, or that which, springs.

  2. Growth; increase; also, that which springs up; a shoot; a plant.

    Thou blessest the springing thereof.
    --Ps. lxv. 10.

    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.