sprit
noun
ˈsprit 
: a spar that crosses a fore-and-aft sail diagonally
Word History
Etymology
Middle English spret, sprit, from Old English sprēot pole, spear; akin to Old English -sprūtan to sprout
First Known Use
1536, in the meaning defined above
- hemoerythrin
- hemoflagellate
- hemoflagellates
- hemoglobic
- hemoglobin
- hemoglobin A
- hemoglobin A1c
- hemoglobin S
- hemoglobinopathies
- hemoglobinopathy
- hemoglobins
- hemoglobinuria
- hemoglobinurias
- hemoglobinuric
- hemoid
- hemolymph
- hemolymph gland
- hemolymph node
- hemolymphatic
- hemolymphs
- hemolysed
- hemolyses
- hemolysin
- hemolysing
- hemolysins