springe — English Dictionary

Verb

1. To sprinkle; to scatter.

   Usage

   • Obsolete

Noun

1. A snare.

   Usage

   • Obsolete

   Examples

   Ay, springes to catch woodcocks

   Look how a mavis, or a pigeòn, / In any grove caught with a springe or net […]

   More examples (2)

   With hairy Sprindges we the Birds betray

   ’twas my joy / With store of springes o’er my shoulder hung / To range the open heights where woodcocks run / Along the smooth green turf.

Verb

1. To catch in a springe; to ensnare.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   By an active poacher who had hit a hare / From the other barrel, tired of springeing game