spriggingn.¹

Brit.

/ˈsprɪɡɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈsprɪɡɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sprig v.¹, sprig n.², -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: Partly < sprig v.¹ + -ing suffix¹, and partly < sprig n.² + -ing suffix¹.

a. The action of decorating something with a design or motif resembling a sprig or sprigs of foliage, flowers, etc.; esp. the action of embroidering or embellishing fabric, garments, etc., with designs or motifs resembling sprigs of foliage, flowers, etc.; the occupation of a sprigger (sprigger n.¹). Cf. sprig v.¹ 2a. Now chiefly historical.In the 18th and 19th centuries, this form of fine embroidery, typically done in white thread on a white ground, was a cottage industry particularly associated with Ireland.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing > other types of embroidery > action of

sprigging1714

squiggling1804

wheeling1808

veining1814

darning1882

saddle stitching1902

1714 J. Clark Writing Improv'd p. i The Violent Noise he has made about Sprigging of Letters, and Penciling of Flourishes.

1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Sprigging, the act of adorning with sprigs.

1854 Belfast News Let. 26 July The occupation of sprigging, which employs all the young persons constantly, and prevents their attending to education, household duties, or the usual farming pursuits.

1888 Daily News 2 June 6/1 The now flourishing industry known as sprigging. Six years ago sprigging as a calling was almost extinct.

1919 Times 4 Nov. 39/2 Home industries, such as lace and crochet making, sprigging and embroidery, machine knitting, &c., have been conserved and developed.

1962 B. Morris Victorian Embroidery iv. 70 Here the machines were used chiefly for the ‘sprigging’ of waistcoats, but also for upholstery purposes.

2016 P. Molloy Branson Butcher (e-book, accessed 9 Oct. 2017) vi I'll get the tea, y'all stick to yer sprigging.

b. Fine ornamental embroidery or needlework of this sort; an example of this.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > foliage

maple leaf1394

vinea1400

vinet1412

traila1423

garlandc1524

foilery1527

wreath?1586

leaf work1592

foliage1598

sprig1613

branching1652

leafage1658

leafing1688

acanthus leaf1703

feuillage1714

sprigging1775

foliature1814

pampre1842

palmette1850

vine-scroll1886

olive acanthus1888

foliage-border1891

branched work-

1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Sprigging,..an ornament of sprigs.

1821 Morning Post 29 May 1/3 Superior Chantillied Black Lace Dresses, Scarfs, Pelerins, Shawls, Veils, Spriggings, &c.

1832 A. Clarke Jrnl. 22 May in J. B. B. Clarke & M. A. Clarke Acct. Relig. & Lit. Life A. Clarke (1833) III. xv. 381 This sprigging is used to adorn handkerchiefs, aprons, collars, &c.

1888 Daily News 25 May 2/2 Large quantities of Irish-made lace, embroidery, sprigging, &c., are regularly sent to the Continent.

1926 Irish Monthly 54 637 The younger women were generally busy at their ‘sprigging’.

1984 Irish Arts Rev. 1 63/3 The material ranged from metal thread and stump-work to..chenille thread, china ribbon, bead-work, Berlin wool-work and sprigging (white embroidery on white linen).

2016 Times (Nexis) 8 Oct. The traditional costumes of the working woman of Arles, France—the so-called Arlésienne—all hooded capes and floral sprigging.

2. The process or technique of decorating ceramics with sprigs or other ornaments in applied relief; decoration of this type. Cf. sprig n.² 3c, sprig v.¹ 2b.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > decoration of china > [noun] > relief or incised decoration

bianco sopra bianco1856

pâte-sur-pâte1879

scratched blue1883

sprigging1906

rilling1923

scratch blue1924

stab-and-drag1931

rouletting1937

1906 Studio 36 338/2 The sprigging process has an almost historic interest, inasmuch as Wedgwood utilised it for producing the modelled decoration of his jasper ware.

1928 W. B. Honey Old Eng. Porcelain iii. 63 ‘Sprigging’ is the Staffordshire name for the process of applying these reliefs.

1957 Jrnl. Hist. Soc. Nigeria 1 75 The design consists of sprigging in festoons and pendant wreaths.

1969 G. Wills Eng. Pottery & Porcelain 102 What is known to potters as ‘sprigging’..was done by using a patterned mould made of plaster. The soft clay was pressed into it and the surplus scraped carefully away.

2014 F. Wood World Brit. Stoneware i. 10 They were often elaborately decorated with sprigging.

3. North American and Australian. The action or practice of planting sprigs or runners of grass, typically in order to repair or extend a lawn or area of (cultivated) grass. Cf. sprig v.¹ 3.

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1919 Landscape Archit. Apr. 148 Here the common practice of seeding stops.., and is superseded by the practice of ‘sprigging’ or planting pieces of Bermuda and St. Augustine Grass.

1938 Northern Star (Lismore, New S. Wales) 2 Nov. 8/3 The Lismore green will be closed for sprigging as from to-day.

1975 R. Dolezel Soil Surv. Panola Country, Texas 12/1 Because of the droughty surface layer, care must be taken in the sprigging of coastal bermudagrass.

2017 Courier-Mail (Austral.) (Nexis) 6 Aug. 52 It was suggested sprigging was used as a cost-cutting measure in the initial project.

Compounds

General attributive (chiefly in sense 1), as sprigging business, sprigging work, etc.

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1834 Western Christian Advocate (Cincinnati) 2 May 4/4 This is the consequence of the constant employment of the females in what is called the sprigging business, or embroidering on cambric or muslin.

1886 Let. Donegal 25 The collapse of the ‘sprigging’ business, by which at one time a good embroideress could earn 1s. 6d. a day.

1895 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 11 May The Donegal sprigging work is also greatly sought after for trimming cotton gowns.

1929 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 77 490 The once extensive ‘sprigging’ industry of the north-west was largely lost to the machines of Switzerland and Germany.

2004 N. Irish Roots 15 20 There were seventy-seven ‘clippers’ in Bangor. This was part of the process of the ‘sprigging’ work and the highest paid occupation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

spriggingn.²

Brit.

/ˈsprɪɡɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈsprɪɡɪŋ/, Australian English

/ˈsprɪɡɪŋ/, New Zealand English

/ˈsprɪɡɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sprig v.², -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < sprig v.² + -ing suffix¹.

1. The action or process of fixing or holding something in place with sprigs (sprig n.¹); esp. the action or process of attaching the sole, etc., of a boot or shoe in this way; work of this sort. Now rare.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > processes involved in > driving in tacks or nails

sprigging1862

1862 Otago Daily Times (N.Z.) 5 Feb. 3/1 Corner's machine-made goods, in consequence of the solidity of the sole, can be repaired with great facility by sprigging or pegging, as well as by the old process of sewing.

1899 Daily News 12 May 3/1 When the sprigging of boots, instead of hand-sewing them, came into operation.

1906 R. J. Wilson Co-operative Managers' Text Bk. xxii. 179 A small business, where the shoemaker assists at counter, and does a lot of sprigging and odd jobs.

1923 Manch. Guardian 12 Mar. 2/1 Barnes Home Industrial School, Heaton Mersey. Wanted, a Shoemaker: must be able to teach sprigging, cutting, &c., also a class in technical shoemaking.

2003 S. Geddes Estimating for Building & Civil Engin. Wks. xix. 206 The glazier hours allow for front and back puttying, and in the case of wooden sashes, for sprigging.

2. Australian and New Zealand (chiefly Sport). The action or practice of fitting a shoe or boot with spikes or studs to improve grip. Cf. sprig v.² 2a.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > processes involved in > other

welting1795

sprigging1926

1926 News (Adelaide) 30 Sept. 10/1 Interesting articles on goalkeeping and sprigging will be published tomorrow.

1928 Northern Advocate (Whangarei, N.Z.) 6 June 4/6 Footballers were not attending to the proper sprigging of their boots.

1953 West Australian (Perth) 7 July 9/3 West Australian footballers paid careful attention to boots and sprigging.

2003 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 25 June (Sport section) 117 They fill roles ranging from fitness work, to sprigging, to cleaning up the changerooms and preparing food for the players.

Compounds

General attributive, as sprigging block, sprigging machine, etc.

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1879 Subject-matter Index Patents 1877 84/2 Sprigging-apparatus for lasting-machines.

1884 Leicester Chron. & Leics. Mercury 19 Jan. (Suppl.) 2/6 The defendant was..set to work on a sprigging machine.

1885 J. B. Leno Boot & Shoemaking xxiv. 198 The sprigging block being filled with brass rivets, the mould is placed under the machine and pressed and the top piece sprigged at one operation.

2010 J. Humphries Childhood & Child Labour in Brit. Industr. Revol. viii. 214 William was employed as a sprigging boy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† spriggingadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sprig v.¹, -ing suffix².

Etymology: < sprig v.¹ (compare sense 1 at that entry) + -ing suffix².

Obsolete. rare.

Growing in the form of a young shoot or sprig.

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the world > plants > by growth or development > [adjective] > sprouting or germinating

bearingOE

burgeoninga1382

burging1398

springingc1400

sprouting1531

upstarting1581

sprigging1583

teeming1642

germinating1657

fruticant1670

shooting1717

chipping1743

1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. I.iv Sprigging flowers ar in their baine and tender groweth, better for poesies to delight then medicines for diseases.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019).

n.¹1714

n.²1862

adj.1583

单词	sprigging
释义	spriggingn.¹ Brit. /ˈsprɪɡɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsprɪɡɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sprig v.¹, sprig n.², -ing suffix¹. Etymology: Partly < sprig v.¹ + -ing suffix¹, and partly < sprig n.² + -ing suffix¹. 1. a. The action of decorating something with a design or motif resembling a sprig or sprigs of foliage, flowers, etc.; esp. the action of embroidering or embellishing fabric, garments, etc., with designs or motifs resembling sprigs of foliage, flowers, etc.; the occupation of a sprigger (sprigger n.¹). Cf. sprig v.¹ 2a. Now chiefly historical.In the 18th and 19th centuries, this form of fine embroidery, typically done in white thread on a white ground, was a cottage industry particularly associated with Ireland. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing > other types of embroidery > action of sprigging1714 squiggling1804 wheeling1808 veining1814 darning1882 saddle stitching1902 1714 J. Clark Writing Improv'd p. i The Violent Noise he has made about Sprigging of Letters, and Penciling of Flourishes. 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Sprigging, the act of adorning with sprigs. 1854 Belfast News Let. 26 July The occupation of sprigging, which employs all the young persons constantly, and prevents their attending to education, household duties, or the usual farming pursuits. 1888 Daily News 2 June 6/1 The now flourishing industry known as sprigging. Six years ago sprigging as a calling was almost extinct. 1919 Times 4 Nov. 39/2 Home industries, such as lace and crochet making, sprigging and embroidery, machine knitting, &c., have been conserved and developed. 1962 B. Morris Victorian Embroidery iv. 70 Here the machines were used chiefly for the ‘sprigging’ of waistcoats, but also for upholstery purposes. 2016 P. Molloy Branson Butcher (e-book, accessed 9 Oct. 2017) vi I'll get the tea, y'all stick to yer sprigging. b. Fine ornamental embroidery or needlework of this sort; an example of this. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > foliage maple leaf1394 vinea1400 vinet1412 traila1423 garlandc1524 foilery1527 wreath?1586 leaf work1592 foliage1598 sprig1613 branching1652 leafage1658 leafing1688 acanthus leaf1703 feuillage1714 sprigging1775 foliature1814 pampre1842 palmette1850 vine-scroll1886 olive acanthus1888 foliage-border1891 branched work- 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Sprigging,..an ornament of sprigs. 1821 Morning Post 29 May 1/3 Superior Chantillied Black Lace Dresses, Scarfs, Pelerins, Shawls, Veils, Spriggings, &c. 1832 A. Clarke Jrnl. 22 May in J. B. B. Clarke & M. A. Clarke Acct. Relig. & Lit. Life A. Clarke (1833) III. xv. 381 This sprigging is used to adorn handkerchiefs, aprons, collars, &c. 1888 Daily News 25 May 2/2 Large quantities of Irish-made lace, embroidery, sprigging, &c., are regularly sent to the Continent. 1926 Irish Monthly 54 637 The younger women were generally busy at their ‘sprigging’. 1984 Irish Arts Rev. 1 63/3 The material ranged from metal thread and stump-work to..chenille thread, china ribbon, bead-work, Berlin wool-work and sprigging (white embroidery on white linen). 2016 Times (Nexis) 8 Oct. The traditional costumes of the working woman of Arles, France—the so-called Arlésienne—all hooded capes and floral sprigging. 2. The process or technique of decorating ceramics with sprigs or other ornaments in applied relief; decoration of this type. Cf. sprig n.² 3c, sprig v.¹ 2b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > decoration of china > [noun] > relief or incised decoration bianco sopra bianco1856 pâte-sur-pâte1879 scratched blue1883 sprigging1906 rilling1923 scratch blue1924 stab-and-drag1931 rouletting1937 1906 Studio 36 338/2 The sprigging process has an almost historic interest, inasmuch as Wedgwood utilised it for producing the modelled decoration of his jasper ware. 1928 W. B. Honey Old Eng. Porcelain iii. 63 ‘Sprigging’ is the Staffordshire name for the process of applying these reliefs. 1957 Jrnl. Hist. Soc. Nigeria 1 75 The design consists of sprigging in festoons and pendant wreaths. 1969 G. Wills Eng. Pottery & Porcelain 102 What is known to potters as ‘sprigging’..was done by using a patterned mould made of plaster. The soft clay was pressed into it and the surplus scraped carefully away. 2014 F. Wood World Brit. Stoneware i. 10 They were often elaborately decorated with sprigging. 3. North American and Australian. The action or practice of planting sprigs or runners of grass, typically in order to repair or extend a lawn or area of (cultivated) grass. Cf. sprig v.¹ 3. ΚΠ 1919 Landscape Archit. Apr. 148 Here the common practice of seeding stops.., and is superseded by the practice of ‘sprigging’ or planting pieces of Bermuda and St. Augustine Grass. 1938 Northern Star (Lismore, New S. Wales) 2 Nov. 8/3 The Lismore green will be closed for sprigging as from to-day. 1975 R. Dolezel Soil Surv. Panola Country, Texas 12/1 Because of the droughty surface layer, care must be taken in the sprigging of coastal bermudagrass. 2017 Courier-Mail (Austral.) (Nexis) 6 Aug. 52 It was suggested sprigging was used as a cost-cutting measure in the initial project. Compounds General attributive (chiefly in sense 1), as sprigging business, sprigging work, etc. ΚΠ 1834 Western Christian Advocate (Cincinnati) 2 May 4/4 This is the consequence of the constant employment of the females in what is called the sprigging business, or embroidering on cambric or muslin. 1886 Let. Donegal 25 The collapse of the ‘sprigging’ business, by which at one time a good embroideress could earn 1s. 6d. a day. 1895 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 11 May The Donegal sprigging work is also greatly sought after for trimming cotton gowns. 1929 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 77 490 The once extensive ‘sprigging’ industry of the north-west was largely lost to the machines of Switzerland and Germany. 2004 N. Irish Roots 15 20 There were seventy-seven ‘clippers’ in Bangor. This was part of the process of the ‘sprigging’ work and the highest paid occupation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). spriggingn.² Brit. /ˈsprɪɡɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsprɪɡɪŋ/, Australian English /ˈsprɪɡɪŋ/, New Zealand English /ˈsprɪɡɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sprig v.², -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < sprig v.² + -ing suffix¹. 1. The action or process of fixing or holding something in place with sprigs (sprig n.¹); esp. the action or process of attaching the sole, etc., of a boot or shoe in this way; work of this sort. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > processes involved in > driving in tacks or nails sprigging1862 1862 Otago Daily Times (N.Z.) 5 Feb. 3/1 Corner's machine-made goods, in consequence of the solidity of the sole, can be repaired with great facility by sprigging or pegging, as well as by the old process of sewing. 1899 Daily News 12 May 3/1 When the sprigging of boots, instead of hand-sewing them, came into operation. 1906 R. J. Wilson Co-operative Managers' Text Bk. xxii. 179 A small business, where the shoemaker assists at counter, and does a lot of sprigging and odd jobs. 1923 Manch. Guardian 12 Mar. 2/1 Barnes Home Industrial School, Heaton Mersey. Wanted, a Shoemaker: must be able to teach sprigging, cutting, &c., also a class in technical shoemaking. 2003 S. Geddes Estimating for Building & Civil Engin. Wks. xix. 206 The glazier hours allow for front and back puttying, and in the case of wooden sashes, for sprigging. 2. Australian and New Zealand (chiefly Sport). The action or practice of fitting a shoe or boot with spikes or studs to improve grip. Cf. sprig v.² 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > processes involved in > other welting1795 sprigging1926 1926 News (Adelaide) 30 Sept. 10/1 Interesting articles on goalkeeping and sprigging will be published tomorrow. 1928 Northern Advocate (Whangarei, N.Z.) 6 June 4/6 Footballers were not attending to the proper sprigging of their boots. 1953 West Australian (Perth) 7 July 9/3 West Australian footballers paid careful attention to boots and sprigging. 2003 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 25 June (Sport section) 117 They fill roles ranging from fitness work, to sprigging, to cleaning up the changerooms and preparing food for the players. Compounds General attributive, as sprigging block, sprigging machine, etc. ΚΠ 1879 Subject-matter Index Patents 1877 84/2 Sprigging-apparatus for lasting-machines. 1884 Leicester Chron. & Leics. Mercury 19 Jan. (Suppl.) 2/6 The defendant was..set to work on a sprigging machine. 1885 J. B. Leno Boot & Shoemaking xxiv. 198 The sprigging block being filled with brass rivets, the mould is placed under the machine and pressed and the top piece sprigged at one operation. 2010 J. Humphries Childhood & Child Labour in Brit. Industr. Revol. viii. 214 William was employed as a sprigging boy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † spriggingadj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sprig v.¹, -ing suffix². Etymology: < sprig v.¹ (compare sense 1 at that entry) + -ing suffix². Obsolete. rare. Growing in the form of a young shoot or sprig. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > [adjective] > sprouting or germinating bearingOE burgeoninga1382 burging1398 springingc1400 sprouting1531 upstarting1581 sprigging1583 teeming1642 germinating1657 fruticant1670 shooting1717 chipping1743 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. I.iv Sprigging flowers ar in their baine and tender groweth, better for poesies to delight then medicines for diseases. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019). < n.¹1714n.²1862adj.1583
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spriggingn.1

Compounds

spriggingn.2

Compounds

† spriggingadj.

spriggingn.¹

spriggingn.²