Sprint (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sprinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sprinting.]
[Cf. Sprunt.] To run very rapidly; to run at full speed.
A runner [in a quarter-mile race] should be able to sprint the
whole way.
Encyc. Brit.
Sprint, n. The act of sprinting; a run of a short distance at full
speed.
Sprint race, a foot race at the highest running speed; -- usually
limited to distance under a quarter of a mile.
Sprint"er (?), n. One who sprints; one who runs in sprint races; as, a
champion sprinter.
Sprit (?), v. t. [Akin to G. spritzen, sprützen. See Sprit, v. i.] To
throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out.
[Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Sprit, v. i. [AS. spryttan to sprout, but. See Sprout, v. i., and cf.
Spurt, v. t., Sprit a spar.] To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley
steeped for malt.
Sprit, n. A shoot; a sprout. [Obs.] Mortimer.
Sprit, n. [OE. spret, AS. spreót 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, which it is used to extend and
elevate.
Sprite (?), n. [OE. sprit, F. esprit, fr. L. spiritus. See Spirit, and
cf. Sprightly.] 1. A spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition. See
Spright.
Gaping graves received the wandering, guilty sprite.
Dryden.