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headspring
[ hed-spring ]
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
/ ˈhɛdˌsprɪŋ /
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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Origin of headspring1
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Example Sentences
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.
From New York Times
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.
From Project Gutenberg
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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