Meaning
A natural source where fresh water rises from the ground — a spring, prized as clean, cool drinking water in the days before and beyond piped supply. A good spring was a treasure to a district, walked to with pans and bottles, and country people often swear the spring water is sweeter and healthier than what comes through the pipe. Countless Jamaican districts take their names from a spring, marking how central such water sources were to settlement.
Examples
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Wi fetch water from di spring up di hill.
We fetch water from the spring up the hill.
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Spring water cool an sweet.
Spring water is cool and sweet.
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Nuff place name after a spring.
Many places are named after a spring.
Origin
From English 'spring' (a water source); a natural freshwater spring. See [[waterside]], [[standpipe]].
How it’s used
A natural freshwater spring; prized drinking water, common in place names. See [[waterside]], [[standpipe]].