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sprit
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sprit
n.
boom or pole or spar extending diagonally outward from a mast to the topmost corner of a fore-and-aft sail (serving to extend the sail)
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Spritsail
The spritsail is a form of three or four-sided, fore-aft sail and its rig. Unlike the gaff where the head hangs from a spar along its edge, this rig supports the leech of the sail by means of a spar or spars named a sprit. The forward end of the sprit spar is attached to the mast but bisects the face of the sail, with the after end of the sprit spar attaching to the peak and/or the clew of the sail. It is said to be the ancestor from which the common gaff rig evolved in 16th-century Holland. Historically, spritsails were the first fore-and-aft rigs, appearing in Greco-Roman navigation in the 2nd century BC.
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sprit
Noun
1. a light spar that crosses a fore-and-aft sail diagonally
(hypernym) spar
(part-holonym) spritsail
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Sprit (der)
nm.
pure alcohol, colorless flammable liquid used in medicines and industry; fuel, substance burned to create energy, gas, benzine, gasoline; juice (Slang)
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Sprit
(v. t.)
To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt.
To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt.
(v. i.)
To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out.
To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out.
(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.
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.
(n.)
A shoot; a sprout.
A shoot; a sprout.
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