sprit

Definitions

1. A spar between mast and upper outer corner of a spritsail on sailing boats.
2. A shoot; a sprout.

Equivalents

Examples

“... and in the luminous space the tanned sails of the barges drifting up with the tide seemed to stand⟳ still in red clusters of canvas sharply peaked, with gleams of varnished sprits.”

“the Maltſter will ſtir his Barley Couches till the Sprit begins to fork , five or ſix times a day or more ; it being always his Care to keep⟳ them from drying too much on the outſides”

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