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▪ I. spritty, a. Sc.|ˈsprɪtɪ|
[f. sprit n.3 + -y.]
Abounding in sprits or rushes.
1786Burns To Auld Mare xii, 'Till sprittie knowes wad rair't an' risket, An' slypet owre. 1823J. Hogg Sheph. Cal. (1829) I. 27 His dead master, who..was lying in a little spritty hollow. 1885A. Munro Siren Casket 42 Large spritty clods from tearing hoofs In showers around them flew.
▪ II. spritty, n. colloq.|ˈsprɪtɪ|
Also sprittie.
[f. spritsail + -y6.]
A spritsail barge.
1948H. Benham Last Stronghold of Sail ii. 27 The ketch barge skipper had no doubt of his superior status as compared with the sprittie sailorman... He admitted that in their own weather the spritties were faster. 1952W. G. Arnott Alde Estuary vi. 46 The last spritties to visit Snape were the Una and Beatrice Maud about 1928. 1960Guardian 1 July 7/5 The Cambria, the last ‘spritty’ to trade under sail as a coaster. |