sprig

sprig
/sprig/, n., v., sprigged, sprigging.
n.
1. a small spray of some plant with its leaves, flowers, etc.
2. an ornament having the form of such a spray.
3. a shoot, twig, or small branch.
4. Facetious. a scion, offspring, or heir of a family, class, etc.
5. a youth or young fellow.
6. See glazier's point.
7. a headless brad.
8. Metall.
a. a small peg for reinforcing the walls of a mold.
b. a metal insert, used to chill certain portions of cast metal, that becomes an integral part of the finished casting.
v.t.
9. to mark or decorate (fabrics, pottery, etc.) with a design of sprigs.
10. to fasten with brads.
11. Hort. to propagate a plant, esp. grass, by planting individual stolons.
12. Metall. to reinforce the walls of (a mold) with sprigs.
13. to remove a sprig or sprigs from (a plant).
[1300-50; ME sprigge (n.); orig. uncert.; sense "peg" perh. of distinct orig.; cf. SPRAG1, SPRAY2]

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