one who, or that which, springs; specifically, one who rouses game.-a young plant.-the impost, or point at which an arch rests upon its support, and from which it seems to spring.-the bottom stone of an arch, which lies on the impost. the skew back is one form of springer.-the rib of a groined vault, as being the solid abutment for each section of vaulting.-the grampus.-a variety of the field spaniel. see spaniel.-a species of antelope; the sprinkbok.