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sprit
A spar between mast and upper outer corner of a spritsail on sailing boats
sprit
{v} to shoot
sprit
{n} a shoot, sprout, spirit
sprit
A small boom, pole, or spar, which crosses the sail of a boat diagonally from the mast to the upper aftmost corner, which it is used to extend and elevate
sprit
a light spar that crosses a fore-and-aft sail diagonally
sprit
To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out
sprit
A shoot; a sprout
sprit
{i} boom or pole or spar extending diagonally outward from a mast to the topmost corner of a fore-and-aft sail (serving to extend the sail)
sprit
small spar between mast and upper outer corner of sail on sailing boats
sprit
To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt