sprinter

[Eng. sprint; -er.] The same as SPRINT-RUNNER (q. v.). "The master, who was well-known in the service as a very swift sprinter , is also a good swimmer."-Field, Feb. 12, 1887. sprit, v. t. & i. [A variant of spirt or spurt, v. (q. v.)] A. Trans.: To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to spurt out. B. In trans.: To sprout, to bud, to germinate, as barley steeped for malt. sprit (1), s. [SPRIT, v.] A shoot, a sprout. "The barley, after it has been couched four days, will sweat a little, and show the chit or sprit at the root-end of the corn."-Mortimer: Husbandry. sprit (2), *spret, *spreot, s . [A. S. spreót =a pole, orig. a sprout, from spreótan =to sprout (q. v.); Dut.spriet a sprit; Dan.sprod. Sprit and sprout are doublets.) IMG:content-0112.png:[blocks in formation] Sprit - sail yard: Naut .: A spar, occasionally used, cro ing below the bowsprit a little abaft of the dolphin-striker, and used for securing the rigging of the jib-boom and flying jib-boom. A pair of spars pointing obliquely downward at opposite sides of the bowsprit are sometimes used instead of the sprit-sail yard. These are known as sprit-sail gaffs. sprite, *sprit (3), *spryte, subst. [Fr. esprit = spirit, from Latin spiritum, accusative of spiritus.] [SPIRIT.] *1. Spirit, life. IMG:content-0113.jpg:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0114.png:[blocks in formation] Pathol .: Thrush. ( Scotch .) sprot, s. [The same word as sprout.] [SPRAT (2), s.] A kind of rush. ( Scotch.)