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| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| sprig (sprɪɡ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a shoot, twig, or sprout of a tree, shrub, etc; spray |
| 2. | an ornamental device resembling a spray of leaves or flowers |
| 3. | a small wire nail without a head |
| 4. | informal, rare a youth |
| 5. | informal, rare a person considered as the descendant of an established family, social class, etc |
| 6. | (NZ) another name for stud |
| —vb , sprigs, sprigging, sprigged | |
| 7. | to fasten or secure with sprigs |
| 8. | to ornament (fabric, wallpaper, etc) with a design of sprigs |
| 9. | to make sprays from (twigs and branches) |
| [C15: probably of Germanic origin; compare Low German sprick, Swedish sprygg] | |
| 'sprigger | |
| —n | |
| 'spriggy | |
| —adj | |