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sprig


  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sprig  \Sprig\,  n.  [AS.  sprec;  akin  to  Icel.  sprek  a  stick.  Cf 
  {Spray}  a  branch.] 
  1.  A  small  shoot  or  twig  of  a  tree  or  other  plant;  a  spray; 
  as  a  sprig  of  laurel  or  of  parsley. 
 
  2.  A  youth;  a  lad;  --  used  humorously  or  in  slight 
  disparagement. 
 
  A  sprig  whom  I  remember,  with  a  whey-face  and  a 
  satchel,  not  so  many  years  ago.  --Sir  W. 
  Scott. 
 
  3.  A  brad,  or  nail  without  a  head. 
 
  4.  (Naut.)  A  small  eyebolt  ragged  or  barbed  at  the  point. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sprig  \Sprig\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Sprigged};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Sprigging}.] 
  To  mark  or  adorn  with  the  representation  of  small  branches; 
  to  work  with  sprigs;  as  to  sprig  muslin. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sprigtail  \Sprig"tail`\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  a  The  pintail  duck;  --  called  also  {sprig},  and 
  {spreet-tail}.  [Local,  U.S.] 
  b  The  sharp-tailed  grouse.  [Local,  U.S.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sprig 
  n  1:  small  branch  or  division  of  a  branch;  usually  applied  to 
  branches  of  the  current  or  preceding  year  [syn:  {branchlet}, 
  {twig}] 
  2:  an  ornament  that  resembles  a  spray  of  leaves  or  flowers 




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