n. A sprout; a shoot: a small branch; a spray, as of a tree or plant.n. An offshoot from a human stock; a young person; a scion; a slip: often implying slight disparagement or contempt.n. An ornament or a design in the form of a spray; especially, such a design stamped, woven, or embroidered on a textile fabric.n. A kind of spike.n. See the quotation.n. A small brad or nail without a head.n. A small wedge-shaped piece, usually of tinplate, used to hold the glass in a wooden sash until the putty can be applied and has time to harden.n. In lace-making, one of the separate pieces of lace, usually pillow-made lace, which are fastened upon a net ground or réseau in all kinds of application-lace. They are generally in the form of flowers and leaves (whence the name).n. The sprigtail or pintail duck, Dafila acuta.n. Nautical, a small eye-bolt ragged at the point.To decorate with sprigs, as pottery or textile fabrics.To form into a sprig or sprigs.To drive sprigs into.n. The sparrow, Passer domesticus.Spruce; smart.