(UP- 6 b. Cf. UPSPRING v.)
c. 1400. trans. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh., 112. Stable þou þe mountant, or þe vpspryngand, yn þe tokenynge of þe Lyon.
1551. Bale, Eng. Votaries, II. 95. The vpspryngynge braunches of Sodome.
1845. Hirst, Com. Mammoth, etc. 111. The downy wing Of some up-springing bird.
1873. B. Harte, Fiddletown, 52. By the upspringing light he saw the figure of Kate.
1883. Miss Burne, Shropsh. Folklore, xxv. 344. Men implored a blessing upon their land and its upspringing crops.
