sprit /spɹɪt/noun 2verb 2forms 3 noun2 •A spar between mast and upper outer corner of a spritsail on sailing boats.... and in the luminous space the tanned sails of the barges drifting up with the tide seemed to stand still in red clusters of canvas sharply peaked, with gleams of varnished sprits. — 1899 •A shoot; a sprout.the Maltster will stir his Barley Couches till the Sprit begins to fork , five or six times a day or more ; it being always his Care to keep them from drying too much on the outsides — 1707 verb2 •To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt. •To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out. formsspritted · spritting · sprits
