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sprit I. \ˈsprit, usu -id.+V\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English spret, sprit, from Old English sprēot pole, spear; akin to Old English sprūtan to sprout — more at sprout 1. archaic : a boat pole 2. : a spar that crosses a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast near the tack of the sail to the upper aftmost corner that it extends and elevates II. intransitive verb (spritted ; spritted ; spritting ; sprits) Etymology: Middle English sprutten, from Old English spryttan; akin to Middle High German sprützen to sprout, squirt, Norwegian spruta to spurt, squirt, Old English sprūtan to sprout — more at sprout : sprout, bud, germinate III. noun (-s) 1. : shoot, sprout 2. chiefly Scotland : a reedy plant : rush 3. : a fine speck in unbleached linen — usually used in plural |