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sprig

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sprig  (sprg)
n.
1.
a. A small shoot or twig of a plant.
b. 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.]

sprigger n.

sprig
Noun
1. a shoot, twig, or sprout
2. an ornamental device like this
3. NZ a stud on the sole of a soccer or rugby boot [Germanic]
sprigged adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.sprigsprig - a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year
brier - a thorny stem or twig
branch - a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
wand - a thin supple twig or rod; "stems bearing slender wands of flowers"
withy, withe - strong flexible twig
2.sprig - an ornament that resembles a spray of leaves or flowers
decoration, ornament, ornamentation - something used to beautify
Translations
French sprig [sprɪg] nrameau m
German sprig [sprɪg] nZweig m
Italian sprig [sprɪg] nramoscello

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I gave him the button; whereupon he strung it on a strip of his great-coat which he had used to bind the cross; and tying in a little sprig of birch and another of fir, he looked upon his work with satisfaction.
As a little sprig of lavender will perfume a queen's wardrobe, so will a short year of love keep sweet a long life.
She had often thought, though with a feeling of renunciation, that the perfection of a wedding-dress would be a white cotton, with the tiniest pink sprig at wide intervals; so that when Mrs.
 
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