Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sprig"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sprig \Sprig\, n. [AS. sprec; akin to Icel. sprek a stick. Cf.
{Spray} a branch.]
1. A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray;
as, a sprig of laurel or of parsley.
2. A youth; a lad; -- used humorously or in slight
disparagement.
A sprig whom I remember, with a whey-face and a
satchel, not so many years ago. --Sir W.
Scott.
3. A brad, or nail without a head.
4. (Naut.) A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sprig \Sprig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sprigged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Sprigging}.]
To mark or adorn with the representation of small branches;
to work with sprigs; as, to sprig muslin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sprigtail \Sprig"tail`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The pintail duck; -- called also {sprig}, and
{spreet-tail}. [Local, U.S.]
(b) The sharp-tailed grouse. [Local, U.S.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sprig
n 1: small branch or division of a branch; usually applied to
branches of the current or preceding year [syn: {branchlet},
{twig}]
2: an ornament that resembles a spray of leaves or flowers
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