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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.
EXPANDa youth or young fellow.
7.
a headless brad.
8.
COLLAPSEMetallurgy.
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, especially 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).
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Sprigs
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Word Origin & History
sprig
c.1400, "shoot, twig or spray of a plant, shrub," probably from O.E. spræc "shoot, twig," of obscure origin.
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