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springless, a.|ˈsprɪŋlɪs|
[f. spring n.1]
1. a. Having no motive power. rare—1.
1684T. Burnet Theory Earth I. 213 Those were spring⁓less machines, that act only by some external cause.
b. Of persons: Spiritless; inert.
1885Stevenson Prince Otto i. i, A springless, putty⁓hearted, cowering coward!
2. Deprived of the power of springing.
1823Blackw. Mag. XIV. 314 They remind me of a mutchkin of wasps in a bottle,..helpless, hopeless, stingless, wing⁓less, springless.
3. Of vehicles, etc.: Lacking springs; having no spring.
1837Fraser's Mag. XV. 639 A long, narrow, and spring⁓less caravan. 1860All Year Round No. 73. 550 The heavy vehicle..which..clatters by, as springless as an artillery tumbril. 1880Jefferies Greene Ferne Farm 88 A sudden jolt of the springless waggon.
4. Devoid of a spring of water.
1876Ruskin Fors Clav. lxxii. 380 As the seed by the drought,..so the soul..athirst in the springless sand.
5. Having no spring season. Also fig.
1909Spectator 5 June 396/2 Springless though my prospect lies, I see God's sunshine when your eyes Smile welcome. 1927E. Sitwell Rustic Elegies 82 Delivered from that springless frost. |