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▪ I. sprint, n.1|sprɪnt|
[f. sprint v.]
1. dial. (See quots.)
a1790Pegge Derbicisms i. 66 A man layd hold of a hare upon her form, and she gave a sprint. a1800― Suppl. Grose, Sprunt, or Sprint, a spring in leaping, and the leap itself. Derb.
2. A short spell of running, rowing, etc., at full speed.
1865–in Lanc. and Derb. glossaries. 1871‘Stonehenge’ Brit. Rur. Sports (ed. 9) ii. vii. i. 539/1 At the commencement of training for sprints. 1887Field 19 Feb. 247/3 A strong wind..blowing down the straight, greatly interfered with the runners in the sprints. 1903Times 14 Mar. 14/5 [They had] a few rowing sprints to vary their ordinary exercise work.
transf.1895Westm. Gaz. 23 Oct. 3/2 It may still seem..that there is too much of a ‘sprint’ in the last act.
3. attrib. and Comb., as sprint course, sprint race, sprint-racing, etc.; sprint car orig. U.S., a type of racing car (see quot. 1969).
1864Saunders News Letter, Sprint Race between Ford and Rogers. 1867Waugh Owd Blanket 82 Kempy..was a famous ‘sprint-runner’,..well known all over the country side. 1883Standard 18 June 2/4 He..may..be dubbed the champion of the equine world over sprint courses. 1885Longman's Mag. VI. 508 Summoning all my memories of the science of sprint-racing, I tore along. 1886Encycl. Brit. XXI. 61/1 Sheffield..may be termed the home of sprint running. 1954Motorsport June 19/2 Sprint cars were drawing big crowds at the half-mile speedways. 1955Sun (Baltimore) 14 Apr. (b ed.) 18/7 Drivers for the latest entries are two Speedway veterans..and two rookies from the sprint-car circuit. 1961[see dragster]. 1969Britannica Bk. of Year 1968 801/1 Sprint car, a rugged racing automobile that is midway in size between midget racers and ordinary racers, has about the same horsepower as the larger racers, and is usually raced on a dirt track. 1981Telegraph (Brisbane) 27 Nov. 18/3 The Queensland Bomber and National Sprintcar champion, Bob Kelly also will be having a crack at tonight's title.
▪ II. sprint, n.2 dial.
[var. of sprent n.2]
1. A springe or snare.
1781Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss., Sprint, a gin for catching birds with. 1892Fauna 87 (E.D.D.), Used to set scores of sprints when a boy. 1897Macpherson Hist. Fowling 246 The ‘Sprint’ employed in the north of England for catching Woodcock.
2. A spring. (Cf. sprent n.2 2 b.)
1897W. Jamie in Bards of Angus & Mearns 235/1 Some queer auld knives wi' double sprint.
▪ III. sprint, v.|sprɪnt|
[a. early Scand. *sprinta (ON. and Icel. spretta, Sw. spritta): cf. sprent v.]
†1. intr. To dart or spring. Obs.—1
1566Is. W. Copy of a Letter, etc. xxix, Thy felowes chance that late such prety shift did make; That he from Fishers hooke did sprint before he could him take.
2. a. dial. (See quot.)
1862C. C. Robinson Dial. Leeds 418 Sprint, to run on the toes. The sort of running practised in-doors.
b. To run, row, etc., at full speed, esp. for a short distance; to race in this manner.
1871–[implied in sprinting vbl. n.]. 1889H. O'Reilly 50 Yrs. on Trail 177 By running and walking, or rather sprinting, the whole time. 1897Scotsman 7 Oct. 7/1 He..sprinted at a good pace to where the observatory pathway commences.
transf.1899C. Scott Drama of Yesterday I. xvi. 555 If a journalist has trained himself to ‘sprint’, he is naturally employed..on other departments of the paper.
3. Sc. To sprout or grow. (Cf. sprent v. 1 d.)
a1878Ainslie Land of Burns (1892) 303 Rare plants that beautify the Spring Aft sprint frae roughest spot.
4. dial. To spirt in small drops. Also trans., to sprinkle.
1855–in dial. glossaries (Cumb., Yks., Notts., Linc.).
Hence ˈsprinting vbl. n.
1871‘Stonehenge’ Brit. Rur. Sports (ed. 9) ii. vii. i. 539/1 At Sheffield, the birthplace and nursery of professional sprinting. 1884Harper's Mag. Jan. 302/2 They would do well to go in for..long-distance running rather than for sprinting.
Add:[2.] c. With adv. accusative of distance.
1901G. B. Shaw Admirable Bashville ii. 305 But many felt that Byron shewed bad taste In..Sprinting a hundred yards to show the crowd The perfect pink of his condition. 1982Time 18 Oct. 64/3 When I trained, I wasn't used to sprinting the last two miles. |