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sprig

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sprig
1. a shoot, twig, or sprout of a tree, shrub, etc.; spray
2. an ornamental device resembling a spray of leaves or flowers
sprig [sprig]
(design engineering)
A small brad having no head.
(engineering)
glazier's point
glazier’s point, sprig
glazier’s point
A thin small three- or four-cornered piece of sheet metal, used to hold a pane of glass in a window frame while putty is applied.
sprig
A brad or nail without a head; also see glazing sprig.
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I gave him the button; whereupon he strung it on a strip of his great-coat which he had used to bind the cross; and tying in a little sprig of birch and another of fir, he looked upon his work with satisfaction.
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As a little sprig of lavender will perfume a queen's wardrobe, so will a short year of love keep sweet a long life.
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She had often thought, though with a feeling of renunciation, that the perfection of a wedding-dress would be a white cotton, with the tiniest pink sprig at wide intervals; so that when Mrs.
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