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sprits

/spɹɪts/

sprits is the plural of sprit.

Meaning of sprit

Noun

sprit (plural sprits)

  1. 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, Joseph Conrad, chapter 1, in Heart of Darkness
  2. 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 outſides1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC

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Words that rhyme with sprits

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Questions about sprits

What is sprits the plural of?
Sprits is the plural of sprit.
How do you pronounce sprits?
Sprits is pronounced /spɹɪts/.

Words near sprits in the dictionary

  1. spritesheet
  2. spritesheets
  3. spritework
  4. spriting
  5. spritish
  6. sprits
  7. spritsail
  8. spritsails
  9. spritted
  10. sprittie
  11. spritties

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