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▪ I. sprigged, ppl. a.1
see sprig v.1
▪ II. sprigged, ppl. a.2|sprɪgd|
[f. sprig n.2 or v.2]
1. Adorned or ornamented with sprigs.
†a. Of feathers. (Cf. sprig n.2 4). Obs.
1613Chapman Maske Inns Crt. A ij, On their heads high sprig'd-feathers, compast in Coronets, like the Virginian Princes they presented.
b. Of fabrics, etc.
Very common from c 1750.
1701Lond. Gaz. No. 3705/4 Two Pieces of white Sprigg'd India Satin. 1724S. Sewall Diary 5 Apr., My Wife wore her new Gown of Sprig'd Persian. 1775Pennsylv. Even. Post 23 Dec. 592/2 A great variety of flowered, striped and sprigged muslin. 1815Zeluca III. 307 To know if the rent in my sprigged dress is darned. 1874Symonds Sk. Italy & Greece (1898) I. xiv. 296 Her bridal dress of sprigged grey silk. 1888Daily News 5 Nov. 7/1 Silk sprigged nets continue to sell with some freedom.
c. Of ceramic ware: adorned with, or forming, sprigs or other ornaments in applied relief. Cf. sprig n.2 4 b.
1756J. Bowcocke Acct. Bk. in L. Jewitt Ceramic Art Gt. Brit. (1878) I. vii. 209 Mr. White: 1 imag'd cup and 7 sprig'd chocolates. 1906R. L. Hobson Porcelain of All Countries xx. 190 The ‘sprigged’ pattern..consists of sprays of Chinese plum. 1960[see sprig v.2 2]. 1971L. A. Boger Dict. World Pott. & Porc. 323/2 Sprigged ware, in English ceramics; a contemporary English name given to 18th century wares decorated in applied reliefs principally of flowers, foliage, and stems.
2. Having the form of a sprig or sprigs; minutely branched.
1714Gay Sheph. Week vi. 135 Sprigg'd rosemary the lads and lasses bore. 1847Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. VIII. ii. 472 The [flax] stalk will abound in small branches, or become, as it is called, ‘sprigged’. |