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A Spring Abecedarian

abecedarian An arch's lowest stone from which it springs is a springer Bounce in one’s step common to infatuation Cricket term – one of a set of rubber strips on a bat handle Door lock that will only open with a key Elasticity, needed in many toys and tools Fountainhead or source of inspiration Growth and renewal time for plants Hunting term - to rouse from cover Instance of water leaking, as from pipes Jump up and down as on a trampoline Keys that are used to tighten clockworks Loose from its anchor, usually by accident Mechanical term - stored, potential energy Nautical term - a mooring line amid two ships Origin of water bubbling from the ground Payment treating someone to a meal Quickness to one's steps when late for a meeting Release from imprisonment or confinement Season between winter and summer Tension released causing objects to move Unexpected occurrence sometimes upwards Vernal, relating to the spring equinox Warped or bent out of shape as a ship’s wooden mast Xanthous, the color of spring flowers, crocus, daffodils, forsythia Yo-yo up and down or sideways from a coiled string Zoology - a group of teal ducks a compendium of words relating to various connections for the word, spring written February 18, 2015. My favorite: the last.

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Date: 3/4/2015 6:16:00 PM
Suppose that it is the teacher still in my bones...abecedarian, a teaching tool of long ago to learn of new things.
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