SPRIT

v. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

2.
v.

To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt.

3.
n.

A shoot; a sprout. [Obs.] Mortimer.

4.
n.

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.


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