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▪ I. ˈsprigging, vbl. n.2
[f. sprig v.2]
1. The action or occupation of making sprigs in or on textile fabrics. Also attrib.
1775Ash, Sprigging, the act of adorning with sprigs. 1886Let. Donegal 25 The collapse of the ‘sprigging’ business, by which at one time a good embroideress could earn 1s. 6d. a day. 1888Daily News 2 June 6/1 The now flourishing industry known as sprigging. Six years ago sprigging as a calling was almost extinct.
2. Ornamentation or needlework consisting of sprigs.
1775Ash, Sprigging,..an ornament of sprigs. 1888Daily News 25 May 2/2 Large quantities of Irish-made lace, embroidery, sprigging, &c., are regularly sent to the Continent.
3. The process of decorating ceramic ware with sprigs or other ornaments in applied relief.
1928W. B. Honey Old Eng. Porc. iii. 63 ‘Sprigging’ is the Staffordshire name for the process of applying these reliefs. 1961L. G. G. Ramsey Connoisseur New Guide Antique Eng. Pott., Porc. & Glass 35 The ornament was obtained by ‘luting’ to the surface of the pot previously moulded relief-motifs, and by connecting these with ‘stems’ formed of threads of clay rolled out thin between the hands. This whole process was known as ‘sprigging’. 1969G. Wills Eng. Pott. & Porc. 102 What is known to potters as ‘sprigging’..was done by using a patterned mould made of plaster. The soft clay was pressed into it and the surplus scraped carefully away.
▪ II. sprigging, ppl. a.
[Cf. sprig v.2 1.]
Growing in the form of a sprig or young shoot.
1583B. Melbancke Philotimus I iv, Sprigging flowers ar in their baine and tender groweth, better for poesies to delight then medicines for diseases. |