Defn: A form of air pump in which exhaustion is produced by a stream of mercury running down a narrow tube, in the manner of an aspirator; — named from the inventor.
SPRENT
Sprent, obs.
Defn: p. p. of Sprenge. Sprinkled.
All the ground with purple blood was sprent. Spenser.
SPREW
Sprew, n. Etym: [Cf. D. sprouw, spruw.] (Med.)
Defn: Thrush. [Local, U.S.]
SPREYND
Spreynd, obs.
Defn: p. p. of Sprenge. Sprinkled.
When spreynd was holy water. Chaucer.
SPRIG Sprig, n. Etym: [AS. sprec; akin to Icel. sprek a stick. Cf. Spray a branch.]
1. A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray; as, a sprig of laurel or of parsley.
2. A youth; a lad; — used humorously or in slight disparagement. A sprig whom I remember, with a whey-face and a satchel, not so many years ago. Sir W. Scott.