Sprigged

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  patterned \patterned\ adj.
     Having describable patterns, especially patterns of colors.
     [Narrower terms: {banded}, {blotched, blotchy, splotched},
     {brindled, brindle, brinded, tabby}, {burled}, {checked,
     checkered}, {dappled, mottled}, {dotted, flecked, specked,
     speckled, stippled}, {figured}, {floral, flowered}, {laced},


     {marbled, marbleized}, {moire, watered}, {pinstriped,
     pinstripe(prenominal)}, {slashed, streaked}, {spotted},
     {sprigged}, {streaked, streaky}, {striped, stripy},
     {tessellated}, {veined, venose}] {plain, solid}
     [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sprig \Sprig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sprigged} (spr[i^]gd); p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Sprigging} (-g[i^]ng).]
     To mark or adorn with the representation of small branches;
     to work with sprigs; as, to sprig muslin.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sprigged \Sprigged\ (spr[i^]gd or spr[i^]g"g[e^]d), a.
     Having sprigs.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sprig
       n 1: small branch or division of a branch; usually applied to
            branches of the current or preceding year [syn: {branchlet},
             {twig}]
       2: an ornament that resembles a spray of leaves or flowers
       [also: {sprigging}, {sprigged}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sprigged
       adj : decorated with designs of sprigs; "sprigged muslin"

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sprigged
       See {sprig}