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The Meaning of sprit

  • (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 steeped for malt.
  • (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.

Rhymes

abut , allnutt , but , butt , chesnut , chesnutt , chestnut , coconut , curnutte , cut , donut , doughnut , dutt , glut , groundnut , gut , gutt , haircut , haute , hazelnut , hut , hutt , jut , knut , kut , mcnutt , mutt , nut , nutt , peanut , phut , putt , rebut , robot , rut , rutt , schut , schutt , scuttlebutt , shortcut , shut , shutt , skutt , slut , smut , somewhat , strut , terre-haute , that , turbot , tut , tutt , uncut , undercut , utt , walnut , what