
1) Boat spar 2) Bud; germinate 3) Diagonal nautical pole 4) Diagonal pole on a boat 5) Diagonal sail extender 6) Diagonal sail support 7) Diagonal spar 8) Diagonal spar on a sail 9) Diagonal support for a sail 10) Diagonally set spar 11) Kind of spar 12) Mast attachment 13) Mast crossbeam 14) Nautical pole
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1) Mast
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spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally
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spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally
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• (n.) A shoot; a sprout. • (v. i.) 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. • (v. i.) To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out. • (v. t.) To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley stee...
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Sprit intransitive verb [ Anglo-Saxon
spryttan to sprout, but. See
Sprout ,
intransitive verb , and confer
Spurt ,
transitive verb , Sprit a spar.] To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt.
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Sprit noun A shoot; a sprout. [ Obsolete]
Mortimer. Found on
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Sprit transitive verb [ Akin to German
spritzen ,
sprützen . See
Sprit ,
intransitive verb ] To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out. [ Obsolete]
Sir T. Browne. Found on
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[
n] - a light spar that crosses a fore-and-aft sail diagonally
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noun a light spar that crosses a fore-and-aft sail diagonally
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