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English

Etymology

Old English sprēot

Noun

small spar between mast and upper outer corner of sail on sailing boats

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

spirits; liquor
alcohol in general, chiefly as a solvent

Derived terms

;liquor

starksprit

;solvent

spritpenna

fr:sprit pl:sprit sv:sprit te:sprit vi:sprit

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Sprit \Sprit\ (spr[i^]t), v. t. [Akin to G. spritzen,
spr["u]tzen. See Sprit, v. i.]
To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to
spurt out. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Sprit \Sprit\, v. i. [AS. spryttan to sprout, bud. See Sprout,
v. i., and cf. Spurt, v. t., Sprit a spar.]
To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Sprit \Sprit\, n.
A shoot; a sprout. [Obs.] --Mortimer.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Sprit \Sprit\, n. [OE. spret, AS. spre['o]t a sprit; spear; akin
to D. spriet, and E. sprout, sprit, v.t. & i. See Sprout,
v. i.] (Naut.)
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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WordNet sprit
n : a light spar that crosses a fore-and-aft sail diagonally