Thesaurus: sprit

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1. v. i. To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out.
2. v. t. To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt.
3. n. A shoot; a sprout.
4. v. i. A small boom, pole, or spar, which crosses the sail of a boat diagonally from the mast to the upper aftmost corner, which it is used to extend and elevate.
5. n. a light spar that crosses a fore-and-aft sail diagonally
6. To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt. A shoot; a sprout. [Obs.] Mortimer. A small boom, pole, or spar, which crosses the sail of a boat diagonally from the mast to the upper aftmost corner, which it is used to extend and elevate.
7. To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; tospurt out. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
8. n:100 n. a light spar that crosses a fore-and-aft sail diagonally