Spring″e (sprĭng″eor sprĭng), v. t. [OE. sprengen. See Sprinkle.] To sprinkle; to scatter.
He would sowen some difficulty,
Or springen cockle in our cleane corn. Chaucer.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.