1. n. & v.
--n.
1. a small branch or shoot.
2 an ornament resembling this, esp. on fabric.
3 usu. derog. a youth or young man (a sprig of the nobility).
--v.tr. (sprigged, sprigging)
1. ornament with sprigs (a dress of sprigged muslin).
2 (usu. as sprigging n.) decorate (ceramic ware) with ornaments in applied relief.
Derivatives:
spriggy adj.
Etymology: ME f. or rel. to LG sprick 2. n. a small tapering headless tack.
Etymology: ME: orig. unkn.