Chapter Springal to Spun of S by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

2. A utensil for sprinkling; a sprinkler. [Obs.]

Sprinkler
(Sprin"kler) n.

1. One who sprinkles.

2. An instrument or vessel used in sprinkling; specifically, a watering pot.

Sprinkling
(Sprin"kling) n.

1. The act of one who, or that which, sprinkles.

Baptism may well enough be performed by sprinkling or effusion of water.

Ayliffe.

2. A small quantity falling in distinct drops or particles; as, a sprinkling of rain or snow.

3. Hence, a moderate number or quantity distributed like drops. Craik.

Sprint
(Sprint) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sprinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sprinting.] [Cf. Sprunt.] To run very rapidly; to run at full speed.

A runner [in a quarter-mile race] should be able to sprint the whole way.

Encyc. Brit.

Sprint
(Sprint), n. The act of sprinting; a run of a short distance at full speed.

Sprint race, a foot race at the highest running speed; — usually limited to distance under a quarter of a mile.

Sprinter
(Sprint"er) n. One who sprints; one who runs in sprint races; as, a champion sprinter.

Sprit
(Sprit) v. t. [Akin to G. spritzen, sprützen. See Sprit, v. i.] To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Sprit
(Sprit), v. i. [AS. spryttan to sprout, but. See Sprout, v. i., and cf. Spurt, v. t., Sprit a spar.] To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt.

Sprit
(Sprit), n. A shoot; a sprout. [Obs.] Mortimer.

Sprit
(Sprit), n. [OE. spret, AS. spreót a sprit; spear; akin to D. spriet, and E. sprout, sprit, v.t. & i. See Sprout, v. i.] (Naut.) 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.

Sprite
(Sprite) n. [OE. sprit, F. esprit, fr. L. spiritus. See Spirit, and cf. Sprightly.]

1. A spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition. See Spright.

Gaping graves received the wandering, guilty sprite.

Dryden.

2. An elf; a fairy; a goblin.

3. (Zoöl.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle.

Spriteful
(Sprite"ful) a. Spritefully
(Sprite"ful*ly), adv., Spriteliness
(Sprite"li*ness) n., Spritely
(Sprite"ly), a., etc. See Sprightful, Sprightfully, Sprightliness, Sprightly, etc.

Spritsail
(Sprit"sail) n. (Naut.) (a) A sail extended by a sprit. (b) A sail formerly hung under the bowsprit, from the spritsail yard.