spring-water
Also spring water.
[spring n.1 2. Cf. MDu. sprincwater, LG. springwater, G. springwasser.]
Water issuing or obtained from a spring or fountain.
| c 1440 Jacob's Well 238 Deluyth doun depe in lownesse, tyl ȝe fynde a springe watyr of grace. 1587 Harrison Descr. Eng. ii. vi, Bruers obserue..the nature of the water:..the fennie and morish is the worst, and the cleerest spring water next vnto it. 1634–5 Brereton Trav. (Chetham Soc.) 82 Fair spring-water..is an excellent medicine. 1682 K. Digby Chymical Secr. ii. 201 Pour upon them Spring-water. 1758 Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornw. 25 Simple Spring-Water may be considered either as superficial or subterraneous. 1771 Phil. Trans. LXI. 510 The weight of spring-water contained in the cube of half that foot..is thus determined. 1849 Noad Electricity (ed. 3) 370 Place on the top of the other binding screw a drop of spring-water. 1886 Winchell Walks Geol. Field 34 The supplies of spring-water are sometimes sufficient to meet the demands of towns and cities. |
| attrib. 1833 Loudon Encycl. Archit. §150 At a short distance from the house, is shown the situation of the spring⁓water well. |