Sprig
Sprig (sprig) , noun
[Anglo-Saxon sprec; akin to Icelandic sprek a stick. Compare Spray a branch.]
1.
A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray; as, a sprig of laurel or of parsley.
2.
A youth; a lad; -- used humorously or in slight disparagement.
A sprig whom I remember, with a whey-face and a satchel, not so many years ago.
3.
A brad, or nail without a head.
4.
(Nautical) A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point.
Sprig (sprigd) , transitive verb
To mark or adorn with the representation of small branches; to work with sprigs; as, to sprig muslin.