Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small spring of water; a rill.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A little spring; a small stream.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A little spring.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small, minor
spring .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Every little rill and springlet ran like a mill-tail, while the main stream rushed and roared, foaming, leaping, lashing, its volume increased fifty-fold.
In the Catskills Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs John Burroughs 1879
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E'en as from aëry heights of mountain springeth a springlet
The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus Gaius Valerius Catullus 1855
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Here I have killed them when there was ice thicker than a dollar on all the waters round about, and when you might see a thin and smoke-like mist boiling up from each springlet.
Warwick Woodlands Things as they Were There Twenty Years Ago Henry William Herbert 1832
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The biggest was the appearance of a small springlet, after a sudden downpour, in what we thought was a very dry basement.
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The biggest was the appearance of a small springlet, after a sudden downpour, in what we thought was a very dry basement.
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