sprint runner (sprintruner)

Same as sprinter. The Century, XL. 206. sprit1t (sprit), v. [ Ancren Riwle , p. 86. The with i thet sprutteth ut. II. trans. To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; eject; spurt. Sir T. Browne . sprit1 (sprit), n. [Early mod. E. also spret ; sprete , spreot , a pole, spreót , a pole, orig. a sprout, shoot, branch of a tree (= D. spriet , > G. spriet , a sprit), spreótan , sprout: see sprit1 , v ., and sprout . Cf. bowsprit .] 1. A sprout; a shoot. 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. Mortimer, Husbandry. 2t. A stick; a pole; especially, a boatman's pole. Hastili hent eche man a spret or an ore. William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), L. 2754. 3. Naut .: ( a ) A small pole, spar, or boom which cro es the sail of a boat diagonally from the mast to the upper aftmost corner, which it is used to extend and elevate. The lower end of the sprit rests in a becket, called the snotter , which encircles the mast at that place. See cuts under snotter2 and spritsail. ( b ) The bowsprit.