sprig

Meanings

Noun

• A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray.
• An ornament resembling a small shoot or twig.
• One of the separate pieces of lace fastened on a ground in applique lace.
• A youth; a lad.
• A brad, or nail without a head.
• A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point.
• A house sparrow.

Verb

• To decorate with sprigs, or with representations of sprigs, as in embroidery or pottery.

Origin

• From Middle English sprig, sprigge, of uncertain origin. Compare dialectal English sprag, Old English spræc, German Low German Spricke, Sprick.