sprig /ˈsprɪg/
小樹枝,圖釘(vt.)用小樹枝裝飾,用釘子釘上,使蔓生
Sprig n.
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.
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.
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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
[also: sprigging, sprigged]