† spriglev.
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
intransitive. To form rootlets or small shoots. See sprig v.1 1a.
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Cheveler, to sprig, or sprigle; to root, or put forth a hairie, or small, root.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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v.1611- to wear on or to the thread
- to wear one's arm in a scarf or sling
- to wear one's fingers to the bone
- to wear one's heart on one's in one's mouth
- to wear one's heart on one's sleeve
- to wear one's heart on one's tongue
- to wear one's heart upon one's sleeve
- to wear one's learning lightly
- to wear oneself to a shadow
- to wear out
- to wear out, forth
- to wear papers
- to wear petticoats
- to wear the blanket
- to wear the breeches
- to wear the bull's feather
- to wear the goat'goat horns
- to wear the goat's horns
- to wear the green willow
- to wear the horn
- to wear the horns
- to wear the king's coat
- to wear the mat
- to wear the pants
- to wear the shirt