| 释义 |
ˈsprity, a. Now dial.
Also 7 sprytie; Sc. 6 sprety, 8–9 spritty.
[f. sprite n.]
a. Spirited.
b. Spirituous.
1513Douglas æneid xi. viii. 26 For eith it is for till assay, and se Quhat may our sprety fors in the melle. 1607Markham Cavel. ii. (1617) 126 Till you see him euen with a sprytie furie and an actiue nimblenes, passe and repasse in his stalle. 1715Pennecuik Misc. Sc. Poems 10 Such spritty Liquor, cures us of all Sorrow. 1854A. E. Baker Northampt. Gloss., Sprity, a term applied to wine or beer when the Mother or concreted matter is separated, and floats about in small particles. |