plural of sprit

(nautical) A spar between mast and upper outer corner of a spritsail on sailing boats. / A shoot; a sprout.

To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt. / To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out.

present participle of sprit

simple past tense and past participle of sprit

plural of spritsail

(nautical) A form of three- or four-sided fore-and-aft sail and its rig, supporting the leech of the sail by means of a sprit.