present participle 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.

plural of sprit

simple past tense and past participle of sprit