[sprig] 
,noun, verb, sprigged, sprig⋅ging.| 1. | a small spray of some plant with its leaves, flowers, etc. |
| 2. | an ornament having the form of such a spray. |
| 3. | a shoot, twig, or small branch. |
| 4. | Facetious. a scion, offspring, or heir of a family, class, etc. |
| 5. | a youth or young fellow. |
| 6. | glazier's point. |
| 7. | a headless brad. |
| 8. | Metallurgy.
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| 9. | to mark or decorate (fabrics, pottery, etc.) with a design of sprigs. |
| 10. | to fasten with brads. |
| 11. | Horticulture. to propagate a plant, esp. grass, by planting individual stolons. |
| 12. | Metallurgy. to reinforce the walls of (a mold) with sprigs. |
| 13. | to remove a sprig or sprigs from (a plant). |
| a small, pointed piece of sheet metal, for holding a pane of glass in a sash until the putty has hardened. |
| sprig (sprĭg) n.
[Middle English sprigge, alteration of spring, from Old English, source of water.] sprig'ger n. |
