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Princeton's WordNet
spritnoun
a light spar that crosses a fore-and-aft sail diagonally
Wiktionary
spritnoun
A spar between mast and upper outer corner of a spritsail on sailing boats.
Etymology: sprēot
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Spritnoun
Shoot; sprout.
Etymology: from the verb.
The barley, after it has been couched four days, will sweat a little, and shew the chit or sprit at the root-end of the corn. John Mortimer, Husbandry.
To Spritverb
To throw out; to eject with force. Commonly spirt.
Etymology: spryttan , Saxon; spruyten, Dutch.
Toads sometimes exclude or sprit out a dark and liquid matter behind, and a venomous condition there may be perhaps therein; but it cannot be called their urine. Brown.
To Spritverb
To shoot; to germinate; to sprout.
Etymology: spryttan , Saxon; spruyten, Dutch.
Wikipedia
Sprit
The spritsail is a four-sided, fore-and-aft sail that is supported at its highest points by the mast and a diagonally running spar known as the sprit. The foot of the sail can be stretched by a boom or held loose-footed just by its sheets. A spritsail has four corners: the throat, peak, clew, and tack. The Spritsail can also be used to describe a rig that uses a spritsail. Historically, spritsails were the first European fore-and-aft rigs, appearing in Greco-Roman navigation in the 2nd century BC.
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sprit
A sprit is a pole or spar, typically extending diagonally from the mast on a boat or ship, used to support or extend a sail. Alternatively, it can also refer to a lively or vigorous spirit or demeanor.
Webster Dictionary
Spritverb
to throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out
Spritverb
to sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt
Spritnoun
a shoot; a sprout
Spritverb
a small boom, pole, or spar, which crosses the sail of a boat diagonally from the mast to the upper aftmost corner, which it is used to extend and elevate
Etymology: [OE. spret, AS. spret a sprit; spear; akin to D. spriet, and E. sprout, sprit, v.t. & i. See Sprout, v. i.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
sprit
[Anglo-Saxon, spreotas]. A small boom which crosses the sail of a boat diagonally from the mast to the upper aftmost corner: the lower end of the sprit rests in a sort of becket called the snotter, which encircles the mast at that place. These sails are accordingly called sprit-sails. Also, in a sheer-hulk, a spur or spar for keeping the sheers out to the required distance, so that their head should plumb with the centre of the ship when taking out or putting in masts.
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Anagrams for sprit »
spirt
strip
stirp
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sprit in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sprit in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of sprit in a Sentence
You get to make the choice! Which is why we decided that mind body spirit just doesn’t cut it. Instead, it is Sprit, Mind & Body!
your body may lie in a far off land or under a stormy sea .Your soul it rose to be with God to a place we cannot see. YOUR sprit (MACE) roams in this land from sea to glimmering sea. BUT YOUR HEART WILL ALLWAYS BE HERE AT HOME WITH THOSE YOU (MACE) YOU GAVE ALL TO BE FREE. MY DAD' S SHIP WAS HIT 5 TIMES IN WWII HE IS WITH MACE NOW I CANT WAIT TO GET THERE LOVE YA ALL PHIL
Here is a great body of our Jewish citizens from whom have sprung men of genius in every walk of our varied life; men who have conceived of its ideals with singular clearness; and led enterprises with sprit & sagacity... They are not Jews in America, they are American citizens.
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