sprig (sprig)

[ a spray, as of a tree or plant. So it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs . Ezek. xvii. 6. A faded silk,.. With sprigs of summer laid between the folds. Tennyson, Geraint. 2. An offshoot from a human stock; a young person; a scion; a slip: often implying slight disparagement or contempt. A sprig of the nobility, That has a spirit equal to his fortunes. Shirley, Hyde Park, i. 1. 3. An ornament or a design in the form of a spray; especially, such a design stamped, wo ven, or embroidered on a textile fabric. Ten Small Diamonds singly set in Silver, but made up Majesty's Robes. together into a Sprig fastened by a Wire, which were lost Quoted in Ashton's Social Life in Reign of Queen Anne, [I. 182. 4. A kind of spike.-5. See the quotation. [Prov. Eng.] Men who work in wall or mud-work have to run barrows full of earth on planks, perhaps upwards. To prevent slips a triangular piece of iron is screwed to their ing downwards. These are called sprigs. shoe heels, having three points half an inch long project. Hall i well . 6. A small brad or nail without a head. - 7. A small wedge-shaped piece, usually of tinplate, used to hold the glas gla in a wooden sash until the putty can be applied and has time to harden.-8. In lace - making, one of the separate pieces of lace, usually pillow-made lace, which are fastened upon a net ground or réseau in all kinds of application-lace. They (whence the name).-9. The sprigtail or pinare generally in the form of flowers and leaves tail duck, Dafila acuta. G. Trumbull, 1888. 10. Naut., a small eve-bolt ragged at the point, -Chantilly sprig pattern. See Chantilly porcelain (a), under porcelain1. sprigl (sprig), v. t.; pret. and pp. sprigged, ppr. sprigging. [sprig1, n.] 1. To decorate with sprigs, as pottery or textile fabrics. A grey clay sprigged with white. muslin robe with blue trimmings. Dwight , Friday, went to the Lower Rooms; wore my sprigged Jane Austen, North anger Abbey, iii. Sprigg'd rosemary the lads and la es bore. Gay , Shepherd's Week, Friday, 1. 135. 3. To drive sprigs into. sprig2 (sprig), n. [Cf. sprug.] The sparrow, Pa er domestic us. [Prov. Eng.] sprig3t (sprig), a. [Cf. sprack.] Spruce; smart. For all he wears his beard so sprig . Cotton, Burlesque upon Burlesque. ( Davies .)