sprit

About 0.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A spar between mast and upper outer corner of a spritsail on sailing boats.
2. noun A shoot; a sprout.
3. verb To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt.
4. verb To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out.

Similar words

mast psychotropic mind ethos spirit spiritual vein boom spinnaker pole kite

Often followed by

of and sail is to in ab topmast that

Word family

sprits