HEADSPRING Definition & Meaning

headspring

[ hed-spring ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the fountainhead or source of a stream.
the source of anything.
an acrobatic feat similar to a handspring, except that the head as well as the hands touch the surface before the spring back to a standing position.

headspring

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noun

a spring that is the source of a stream
a spring using the head as a lever from a position lying on the ground
rare.
a source

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of headspring¹

First recorded in 1350–1400, headspring is from the Middle English word hedspring. See head, spring

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The ultra-elevated public awareness was the headspring from which all of golf’s blessings flowed — more fans, more golfers, more courses, more equipment sales.

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It was in those times surrounded by a moat, fed by the headspring of the Wandle; but the moat is gone, and the first few yards of the Wandle are nowadays made to flow underground.

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Now, the divine recognition of believers' children, as standing in a special covenanted relation with God, is the headspring of infant dedication by the use of a rite.

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Which of them that you are the only “headspring of all laws”?

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