sprittyn.

Brit.

/ˈsprɪti/, U.S.

/ˈsprɪdi/

Forms: 1900s– sprittie, 1900s– spritty.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: spritsail n., -y suffix⁶.

Etymology: < sprit- (in spritsail n.) + -y suffix⁶.

British colloquial. Now chiefly historical.

Esp. on the Thames and the coasts around its estuary: a sailing barge rigged with a spritsail (spritsail n. 2). Also more fully spritty barge. Cf. Thames barge at Thames n. a, spritsail barge at spritsail n. 2b.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun] > sailing-barge

gabbart1487

wherry1589

piragua1667

schooner barge1819

spritsail1867

stumpy1881

sailing-barge1886

spritty1920

sailor-man1948

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > flat-bottomed boat > [noun] > barge > sailing

gabbart1487

Western barge1506

wherry1589

west country1651

piragua1667

schooner barge1819

spritsail1867

stumpy1881

sailing-barge1886

spritty1920

sailor-man1948

1920 Hampshire Advertiser 10 Jan. 3/5 Messrs. Ryder and Bowyer, on January 16th, at the Phœnix Wharf, Chapel, Southampton, will sell the topsail spritty barge ‘Empress’.

1948 H. Benham Last Stronghold of Sail ii. 27 The ketch barge skipper had no doubt of his superior status as compared with the sprittie sailorman... He admitted that in their own weather the spritties were faster.

1960 Guardian 1 July 7/5 The Cambria, the last ‘spritty’ to trade under sail as a coaster.

2010 B. Pester Just Sea & Sky i. 11 It has to be accepted that the essential spirit of the time-venerated Thames spritsail barge, the spritty, has gone.

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

sprittyadj.¹

Brit.

/ˈsprɪti/, U.S.

/ˈsprɪdi/, Irish English

/ˈsprɪti/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sprit n.³, -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < sprit n.³ + -y suffix¹.

Originally Irish English. rare.

Of linen, or yarn spun from flax: containing particles of woody tissue which appear as dark flecks; containing sprit (sprit n.³).

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1737 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 232/2 If the Flax be not pulled immediately, it becomes coarse and stubborn, runs to Tow, and makes a spritty cloth.

1923 Jrnl. Soc. Dyers & Colourists Feb. 33/1 This woody matter or straw will adhere more firmly to the fibres in scutching and produce so-called dirty flax, which yields spritty yarn.

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

sprittyadj.²

Brit.

/ˈsprɪti/, U.S.

/ˈsprɪdi/, Scottish English

/ˈsprɪtɪ/

Forms:

α. 1700s sprittie, 1700s– spritty, 1800s sprithy.

β. 1800s spretty.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: spret n., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < spret n. + -y suffix¹.

Chiefly Scottish. Now rare.

Of an area, piece of land, etc.: full of coarse grass or rushes, esp. of the genus Juncus. Also: designating such a plant or part of a plant. Sc. National Dict. (at Spret) records the word as still in use in Ayrshire and Dumfriesshire in 1971.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [adjective] > having or full of

reedy1307

flaggy1382

reedena1387

sedgy1566

rushy1567

saggy1609

secky1610

cany1667

seavy1684

bentya1700

juncous1755

rushed1759

rush-grown1765

spritty1786

spratty1808

reeded1821

sedged1866

α.

1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 167 Till sprittie knowes wad rair't an' risket, An' slypet owre.

1829 J. Hogg Shepherd's Cal. I. 27 His dead master, who..was lying in a little spritty hollow.

1885 A. Munro Siren Casket 42 Large spritty clods from tearing hoofs In showers around them flew.

1911 S. R. Crockett Smugglers xii. 78 The myriad paths and ‘spritty’ knowes of the wild country.

1933 Sc. Forestry Jrnl. 47 134 The vegetation on these ‘cut-over’ areas is usually ‘spritty’ (Juncus sp.), with Polytrichum, Hylocomium, and grasses where the drainage is good and peat is not forming.

β. 1808 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. V. 298 Spretty coarse grass is not easily killed by frost.1877 W. S. Douglas in R. Burns Wks. III. 74 The tearing up of the spretty roots is rather a tough operation.1878 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 8 453 Spretty-grasses, a general term for the succulent products of meadow or bog-land, but chiefly for the different rushes (Juncus) which are cut for bog-hay.1882 J. Walker Descr. Jaunt to Auld Reekie 240 Our bard Through spretty fields his shining plough-shares drave.

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

n.1920

adj.¹1737

adj.²1786

单词	spritty
释义	sprittyn. Brit. /ˈsprɪti/, U.S. /ˈsprɪdi/ Forms: 1900s– sprittie, 1900s– spritty. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: spritsail n., -y suffix⁶. Etymology: < sprit- (in spritsail n.) + -y suffix⁶. British colloquial. Now chiefly historical. Esp. on the Thames and the coasts around its estuary: a sailing barge rigged with a spritsail (spritsail n. 2). Also more fully spritty barge. Cf. Thames barge at Thames n. a, spritsail barge at spritsail n. 2b. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun] > sailing-barge gabbart1487 wherry1589 piragua1667 schooner barge1819 spritsail1867 stumpy1881 sailing-barge1886 spritty1920 sailor-man1948 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > flat-bottomed boat > [noun] > barge > sailing gabbart1487 Western barge1506 wherry1589 west country1651 piragua1667 schooner barge1819 spritsail1867 stumpy1881 sailing-barge1886 spritty1920 sailor-man1948 1920 Hampshire Advertiser 10 Jan. 3/5 Messrs. Ryder and Bowyer, on January 16th, at the Phœnix Wharf, Chapel, Southampton, will sell the topsail spritty barge ‘Empress’. 1948 H. Benham Last Stronghold of Sail ii. 27 The ketch barge skipper had no doubt of his superior status as compared with the sprittie sailorman... He admitted that in their own weather the spritties were faster. 1960 Guardian 1 July 7/5 The Cambria, the last ‘spritty’ to trade under sail as a coaster. 2010 B. Pester Just Sea & Sky i. 11 It has to be accepted that the essential spirit of the time-venerated Thames spritsail barge, the spritty, has gone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). sprittyadj.¹ Brit. /ˈsprɪti/, U.S. /ˈsprɪdi/, Irish English /ˈsprɪti/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sprit n.³, -y suffix¹. Etymology: < sprit n.³ + -y suffix¹. Originally Irish English. rare. Of linen, or yarn spun from flax: containing particles of woody tissue which appear as dark flecks; containing sprit (sprit n.³). ΚΠ 1737 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 232/2 If the Flax be not pulled immediately, it becomes coarse and stubborn, runs to Tow, and makes a spritty cloth. 1923 Jrnl. Soc. Dyers & Colourists Feb. 33/1 This woody matter or straw will adhere more firmly to the fibres in scutching and produce so-called dirty flax, which yields spritty yarn. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). sprittyadj.² Brit. /ˈsprɪti/, U.S. /ˈsprɪdi/, Scottish English /ˈsprɪtɪ/ Forms: α. 1700s sprittie, 1700s– spritty, 1800s sprithy. β. 1800s spretty. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: spret n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < spret n. + -y suffix¹. Chiefly Scottish. Now rare. Of an area, piece of land, etc.: full of coarse grass or rushes, esp. of the genus Juncus. Also: designating such a plant or part of a plant. Sc. National Dict. (at Spret) records the word as still in use in Ayrshire and Dumfriesshire in 1971. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [adjective] > having or full of reedy1307 flaggy1382 reedena1387 sedgy1566 rushy1567 saggy1609 secky1610 cany1667 seavy1684 bentya1700 juncous1755 rushed1759 rush-grown1765 spritty1786 spratty1808 reeded1821 sedged1866 α. 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 167 Till sprittie knowes wad rair't an' risket, An' slypet owre. 1829 J. Hogg Shepherd's Cal. I. 27 His dead master, who..was lying in a little spritty hollow. 1885 A. Munro Siren Casket 42 Large spritty clods from tearing hoofs In showers around them flew. 1911 S. R. Crockett Smugglers xii. 78 The myriad paths and ‘spritty’ knowes of the wild country. 1933 Sc. Forestry Jrnl. 47 134 The vegetation on these ‘cut-over’ areas is usually ‘spritty’ (Juncus sp.), with Polytrichum, Hylocomium, and grasses where the drainage is good and peat is not forming. β. 1808 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. V. 298 Spretty coarse grass is not easily killed by frost.1877 W. S. Douglas in R. Burns Wks. III. 74 The tearing up of the spretty roots is rather a tough operation.1878 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 8 453 Spretty-grasses, a general term for the succulent products of meadow or bog-land, but chiefly for the different rushes (Juncus) which are cut for bog-hay.1882 J. Walker Descr. Jaunt to Auld Reekie 240 Our bard Through spretty fields his shining plough-shares drave. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1920adj.¹1737adj.²1786
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