n. One who or that which springs, in any sense.n. A youth; a lad.n. In architecture:n. The impost or place where the vertical support to an arch terminates, and the curve of the arch begins.n. The lower voussoir or bottom stone of an arch, which lies immediately upon the impost.n. The bottom stone of the coping of a gable.n. The rib of a groined roof or vault. See cross-springer.n. A dog of a class of spaniels resembling the cocker, used, in sporting, to spring or flush game. See spaniel.n. The springbok.n. A grampus.n. In old music, a grace or embellishment, consisting of an after-note one degree above the principal note: as