Sprite"ful (?), a. Sprite"ful*ly, adv., Sprite"li*ness (&?;), n.,
Sprite"ly, a., etc. See Sprightful, Sprightfully, Sprightliness,
Sprightly, etc.
Sprit"sail (? or ?), n. (Naut.) (a) A sail extended by a sprit. (b) A
sail formerly hung under the bowsprit, from the spritsail yard.
Sprock"et wheel` (?). [Etymology of sprocket is uncertain.] (Mach.)
Same as Chain wheel.
Sprod (?), n. [Cf. Gael. & Ir. bradan a salmon.] (Zoöl.) A salmon in
its second year. [Prov. Eng.]
Sprong (?), obs. imp. of Spring. Sprung.
Sprout (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sprouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sprouting.]
[OE. sprouten, spruten; akin to OFries. spr&?;ta, AS. spreótan, D.
spruiten, G. spriessen, Sw. spruta to squirt, to spout. Cf. Sprit, v.
t. & i., Sprit a spar, Spout, v. t., Spurt.] 1. To shoot, as the seed
of a plant; to germinate; to push out new shoots; hence, to grow like
shoots of plants.