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sprit

[ UK /spɹˈɪt/ ]
NOUN
  1. a light spar that crosses a fore-and-aft sail diagonally

How To Use sprit In A Sentence

  • As people who ought to know better," observed M. Kollsen, "now think the wind is alive, and call it Nipen, or the mist of the lake and river, which they call the sprite Uldra. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow"
  • Still, personal magnetism and motivational esprit remain important qualifications for leadership in evangelical groups.
  • She plays Silly, a Nova Scotian seasprite of girl who is the subject of a marine tragedy of, er, Titanic proportions.
  • More an Irish sprite than anything, Mairead leapt, twirled, and 'arabesqued' her way across the stage courting us through her violin. Dr. Cara Barker: The Beauty of Giving Your Whole Heart
  • Enjoy this jolly, spritzy, grapey, flowering currant and passion fruit-scented rosé well chilled. Times, Sunday Times
  • After that we give her a spritz of dog perfume. Times, Sunday Times
  • Secure with a band and spritz with hairspray. The Sun
  • I needed more than just overused cliches to pick up my sprits by then.
  • They intended to sink the craft in the largest of the reef entrances, so excluding the Champlain if it tried to return to Saint-Esprit. RUSHING TO PARADISE
  • Whilst the traditional different places of employment obviously differ (from, the smell of the "briny" with a cooking range being pitched up and down with the ship by the waves; to the unwanted inclusion of sand, leaves and insects in the field; to the salubrious comfort of an air base), the core skills, role and esprit must be common throughout the three Services. Army Rumour Service
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