Sprit — Sprit, n. [OE. spret, AS. spre[ o]t a sprit; spear; akin to D. spriet, and E. sprout, sprit, v.t. & i. See {Sprout}, v. i.] (Naut.) A small boom, pole, or spar, which crosses the sail of a boat diagonally from the mast to the upper aftmost corner … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sprit — (spr[i^]t), v. t. [Akin to G. spritzen, spr[ u]tzen. See {Sprit}, v. i.] To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sprit — Sprit, v. i. [AS. spryttan to sprout, bud. See {Sprout}, v. i., and cf. {Spurt}, v. t., {Sprit} a spar.] To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sprit — Sprit, n. A shoot; a sprout. [Obs.] Mortimer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sprit — O.E. spreot pole, originally a sprout, shoot, branch, from root of SPROUT (Cf. sprout). Cognate with M.Du. spriet, M.L.G. spryet, Ger. spriet, N.Fris. sprit … Etymology dictionary
sprit — sb., ten, i sms. sprit , fx spritpen, spritsejlads, sprittablet … Dansk ordbog
sprit — [sprit] n. [ME spret < OE spreot, a sprout, pole, akin to Du spriet: for IE base see SPREAD] a pole or spar extended diagonally upward from a mast to the topmost corner of a fore and aft sail, serving to extend the sail … English World dictionary
Sprit — Sprit, 1) so v.w. Vorlauf; 2) der durch vorsichtige Destillation aus französischen Weinen gewonnene, farblose, starke Weingeist, von 0,876 bis 0,885 specifischem Gewicht, zur Bereitung von Tincturen u. andern pharmaceutischen Präparaten; 3)… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Sprit — Sprit, soviel wie gereinigter Spiritus; auch soviel wie Essigsprit (s. Essig, S. 119) … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Sprit — Sprit, s. Spiritusfabrikation … Lexikon der gesamten Technik