(n.) A rope going over a yardarm, used to bend a tripping line to, in sending down topgallant and royal yards in vessels of war; also, the short line supporting the heel of the sprit in a small boat.
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Sprit
Definition:
(v. i.) To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out.
(v. t.) To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt.
(n.) A shoot; a sprout.
(v. i.) A small boom, pole, or spar, which crosses the sail of a boat diagonally from the mast to the upper aftmost corner, which it is used to extend and elevate.
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(1) The belief in persecution or possession by evil sprits is still popular in Latin American countries.