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sprigged

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sprig

  [sprig] ,noun, verb, sprigged, sprig⋅ging.
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–noun
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.
a. a small peg for reinforcing the walls of a mold.
b. a metal insert, used to chill certain portions of cast metal, that becomes an integral part of the finished casting.
–verb (used with object)
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).
Origin:
1300–50; ME sprigge (n.); orig. uncert.; sense “peg” perh. of distinct orig.; cf. sprag 1 , spray 2
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sprig   (sprĭg)   
n.  

    1. A small shoot or twig of a plant.

    2. An ornament in this shape.

  2. A small brad without a head.

  3. A young, immature person.

tr.v.   sprigged, sprig·ging, sprigs

  1. To decorate with a design of sprigs.

  2. To remove a sprig or sprigs from (a bush or tree).

  3. To fasten with a small headless brad.


[Middle English sprigge, alteration of spring, from Old English, source of water.]
sprig'ger n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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