headspring

headspring: /hed"spring'/, n.

1. the fountainhead or source of a stream.

2. the source of anything.

3. an acrobatic feat similar to a handspring, except that the head as well as the hands touch the surface before the spring back to a standing position.

[1350-1400; ME hedspring. See HEAD, SPRING]

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Headspring — Head spring (h[e^]d spr[i^]ng ), n. Fountain; source. [1913 Webster] The headspring of our belief. Stapleton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
headspring — index source Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
headspring — [hed′spriŋ΄] n. [ME hedspring: see HEAD & SPRING] a fountain, origin, or source … English World dictionary
headspring — A spring which is the original surface source of the water which flows away from it. Toyah creek is a stream with well defined channels and banks, its source being what is called a ‘headspring, which flows twelve heads of water. See Watkins Land… … Ballentine's law dictionary
headspring — noun Date: 14th century fountainhead, source … New Collegiate Dictionary
headspring — noun A fountainhead; a source … Wiktionary
headspring — n. spring, source of a river; source … English contemporary dictionary
headspring — noun a spring that is the main source of a stream … English new terms dictionary
headspring — head•spring [[t]ˈhɛdˌsprɪŋ[/t]] n. the fountainhead; source • Etymology: 1350–1400 … From formal English to slang
headspring — /ˈhɛdsprɪŋ/ (say hedspring) noun 1. the fountainhead or source of a stream. 2. the source of anything …

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