springhead

Definitions

1. A suburban area in Saddleworth parish, Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9604).
2. The source of a natural spring.
3. A location, the source of the Ebbsfleet River, on the boundary of Dartford borough and Gravesham borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6172).
4. A source.
   figuratively
5. A head or end-piece for a carriage-spring.

Equivalents

Examples

“But now we had reached our opening ground, the boy with the pony and the second brace of dogs was ordered to the rear, with instructions to meet⟳ us by the side of a certain gray rock, and spring-head, on the northern edge of Kettletang, a huge, bluff-headed hill, overtopping all his neighbors, at noon, when we should be there to refresh⟳ the inner man, and take⟳ up the fresh dogs for the afternoon.”

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