1. The
act or process of one who, or that which, springs.
2. Growth; magnify; also, that which springs up; a shoot; a plant. "Thou blessest the
springing thereof." (Ps. Lxv. 10) Springing
line of an arch, the
horizontal line drawn
through the
junction of the
vertical person of the impost with the
curve of the intrados.
Synonym:
spring of an arch.
Source: Websters Vocabulary