springe

verb

1. (obsolete)To sprinkle; to scatter.
2. (transitive)To catch in a springe; to ensnare.

   “By an active poacher who had hit a hare / From the other barrel, tired of springeing game”

noun

1. (obsolete)A snare.

   “Ay, springes to catch woodcocks”

   “Look how a mavis, or a pigeòn, / In any grove caught with a springe or net […]”

   “With hairy Sprindges we the Birds betray”

   “’twas my joy / With store of springes o’er my shoulder hung / To range the open heights where woodcocks run / Along the smooth green turf.”