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▪ I. sprouting, vbl. n.1|ˈspraʊtɪŋ|
[f. sprout v.1]
1. The action of the verb, in various senses; an instance or occasion of this.
1547Boorde Brev. Health ccxc. 96 A sprowtyng or burstyng out in the secret places of manne and woman;..some doth name it ych for the pacient must crache and clawe. 1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Germement, a budding, a sprouting. 1635Swan Spec. M. vi. §1 (1643) 183 The third [matter] is pertinent to the sprouting and springing of the earth. 1677Gilpin Demonol. (1867) 41 These sacrificings were used..at the sprouting of their corn. 1763Mills Pract. Husb. II. 336 The autumn was..favourable to the sprouting of the corn. 1813Sir H. Davy Agric. Chem. (1814) 216 The process of malting should be carried on no farther than to produce the sprouting of the radicle. 1846J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) I. 87 A second sprouting [of cabbages] takes place at the end of March. 1906Brit. Med. Jrnl. 13 Jan. 63 A periodical sprouting of irregular pale excrescences.
fig.1640Bp. Reynolds Passions xv. 144 Though perhaps Feare may prevent the exercise and sproutings, nothing but Love can pluck up the root of sinne. 1673O. Walker Educ. ii. 19 Prevent the very first beginnings, and sprowtings of bad actions. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) II. 630 Nor can you be too vigilant to watch the sprouting of evil weeds that may start up in them from time to time.
b. attrib., as sprouting condition, sprouting time.
1601Holland Pliny I. 501 Winter raine principally is seasonable and good for all plants: and next to it the dewes and showers that fal immediatly before their sprouting time. 1733W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farm. 211 It is brought into a sprouting Condition.
2. A sprout, new growth, or shoot. Also transf.
1578Lyte Dodoens 380 It hath small tender branches or spruytinges. Ibid. 383 The first springes or sprutinges are very good to be eaten. 1665Hooke Microgr. 194 Like the strings or sproutings of the herb Horse-tail. 1728Gardiner Rapin on Gardens ii. 70 The tender Sproutings only let them spare, For Shoots yet weak require protecting Care. 1762R. Guy Pract. Obs. Cancers 123 In another Week the Sproutings of Flesh began to go away. 1822–7Good Study Med. (1829) V. 612 The incrustation accompanied with horn-like, incurvated sproutings.
fig.1649Bp. Reynolds Hosea vi. 87 The tender buds and sproutings of piety that are wrought within us. 1838Tupper Proverb. Philos. (1849) 245 Neither were the sproutings of his soul seared by the brand of superstition.
3. The spitting or sputtering of molten metal.
1891in Cent. Dict.
▪ II. ˈsprouting, vbl. n.2 rare—0.
[f. sprout v.2]
The action of sprouting.
1611Cotgr., Iallissement, a spurting, sprowting, spouting, or spinning vp (of water).
▪ III. ˈsprouting, ppl. a.
[f. sprout v.1]
That sprouts, in senses of the verb.
1. Of buds, plants, etc.
1590Greene Never too late (1600) 20 His graue wisdom exceedes thy greene wit, and his ripened fruits thy sprouting blossomes. 1633P. Fletcher Poet. Misc., To Master W. C., Here thou and I, under the sprouting vine,..Will sit. 1641G. Sandys Paraphr. Song Solom. ii. iv, Green Figs on sprouting trees appear. 1721Ramsay Content 2 When genial beams..from the clod invite the sprouting corn. 1870Bryant Iliad vi. I. 189 The sprouting wood Puts forth another brood.
b. sprouting broccoli, a kind of broccoli producing sprouts.
1852G. W. Johnson Cottage Gard. Dict. 149 Purple or Green Brocoli:..4 Sprouting. Syn., Italian Sprouting, Grange's Early Purple Sprouting [etc.]. 1895Daily News 20 April 5/4 Sprouting broccoli and turnip tops are the cheapest green vegetables.
2. Of outgrowths from animal bodies.
1681Dryden Abs. & Achit. 542 But a whole Hydra more Remains of sprouting heads too long to score. 1739S. Sharp Surg. p. xix, Since Sloughs are flung off by the sprouting new Flesh underneath. 1771Encycl. Brit. III. 644 Dry lint..at the same time is an easy compress upon the sprouting fungus. 1822–7Good Study Med. (1829) I. 394 The hemorrhoidal vessels..that form or supply the sprouting tumours. 1888E. D. Gerard Land beyond Forest II. xlv. 236 He..had a small sallow face, a sprouting moustache, and dark eyes. |