Sprig
[sprɪg]
Definition
(noun.) an ornament that resembles a spray of leaves or flowers.
Checked by Desmond--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray; as, a sprig of laurel or of parsley.
(n.) A youth; a lad; -- used humorously or in slight disparagement.
(n.) A brad, or nail without a head.
(n.) A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point.
(v. t.) To mark or adorn with the representation of small branches; to work with sprigs; as, to sprig muslin.
Typist: Ruth
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Twig, shoot, spray.
Typist: Montague
Definition
n. a small shoot or twig: a scion a young person: an ornament like a spray: one of various small pointed implements a headless nail: one of the separate pieces of lace fastened on a ground in appliqu?lace.—v.t. to embroider with representations of twigs:—pr.p. sprig′ging; pa.t. and pa.p. sprigged.—adj. Sprig′gy full of sprigs or young branches.
Edited by Constantine
Examples
- He had proposed for Miss Swartz, but had been rejected scornfully by the partisans of that lady, who married her to a young sprig of Scotch nobility. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- After all, he is a pretty sprig, said Mrs. Cadwallader, rising too, and wishing to make amends. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Cyril Hall, on his part, also placed a sprig in safety between the leaves of a pocket Testament. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- A very pretty sprig, said Mrs. Cadwallader, dryly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Oh, he's a dangerous young sprig, that Mr. Ladislaw, said Mrs. Cadwallader, with his opera songs and his ready tongue. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- And he came close and pointed them out to her, on the sprig she held. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- No sprig of grass is visible, and only one tree. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- That is how families get rid of troublesome sprigs. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- You may get three sprigs done to-night. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Typist: Rosanna