Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - sprig
Sprig
sprig
1. n. & v. --n. 1 a small branch or shoot. 2 an ornament resembling this, esp. on fabric. 3 usu. derog. a youth or young man (a sprig of the nobility). --v.tr. (sprigged, sprigging) 1 ornament with sprigs (a dress of sprigged muslin). 2 (usu. as sprigging n.) decorate (ceramic ware) with ornaments in applied relief. Derivatives spriggy adj. Etymology: ME f. or rel. to LG sprick 2. n. a small tapering headless tack. Etymology: ME: orig. unkn.
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English ~ge Date: 14th century 1. a small shoot ; twig , a small division of grass used for propagation, 2. heir, youth, a small specimen, an ornament resembling a ~, stemmed flower, or leaf, a small headless nail ; brad, II. transitive verb (~ged; ~ging) Date: 1713 to drive ~s or brads into, to mark or adorn with the representation of plant ~s, to propagate (a grass) by means of stolons or small divisions ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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