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spriggy, a.|ˈsprɪgɪ| [f. sprig n.2] Abounding in sprigs or small branches; suggestive of a sprig or sprigs.
1597Gerarde Herbal 610 The flowers stand at the top of the spriggie braunches. 1611Cotgr., Scionneux,..twiggie, spriggie. 1669W. Simpson Hydrol. Chym. 258 Plants..begin..to shoot forth spriggy roots. a1722Lisle Husb. (1757) 334, I like not..when the ends of the wool on the backs of the sheep twist, and stand spriggy. Ibid. 365 When hazle grows spriggy in the body, and shoots forth from the sides of the bark. 1826Blackw. Mag. XIX. 244 A vine-leaf pattern perhaps—or something spriggy. 1854L. A. Meall Moubray's Poultry 71 The comb large with very deeply indented ridge, presenting almost a ‘spriggy’ appearance. |