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}
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"2": "enm",
"3": "sprete"
},
"expansion": "Middle English sprete",
"name": "inh"
},
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"2": "ang",
"3": "sprēot",
"t": "pole, pike, spear"
},
"expansion": "Old English sprēot (“pole, pike, spear”)",
"name": "inh"
},
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"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*spreut"
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{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "*sprutō",
"t": "shoot, sprout"
},
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{
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"1": "fy",
"2": "spriet",
"t": "sprit, spoke"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian spriet (“sprit, spoke”)",
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"1": "nl",
"2": "spriet",
"t": "a sprit, blade, spar, shoot, sprig"
},
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"t": "sprout, twig"
},
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],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English sprete, from Old English sprēot (“pole, pike, spear”), from Proto-Germanic *spreut, related to Proto-West Germanic *sprutō (“shoot, sprout”). Cognate with West Frisian spriet (“sprit, spoke”), Dutch spriet (“a sprit, blade, spar, shoot, sprig”), Middle High German spriez (“sprout, twig”).",
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"name": "Nautical",
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"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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{
"ref": "1899, Joseph Conrad, chapter 1, in Heart of Darkness",
"text": "... and in the luminous space the tanned sails of the barges drifting up with the tide seemed to stand still in red clusters of canvas sharply peaked, with gleams of varnished sprits.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"A spar between mast and upper outer corner of a spritsail on sailing boats."
],
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{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"sense": "supporting spar in spritsail rig",
"word": "bowsprit"
}
],
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[
"nautical",
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[
"spar",
"spar"
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[
"spritsail",
"spritsail"
],
[
"sailing boat",
"sailing boat"
]
],
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"(nautical) A spar between mast and upper outer corner of a spritsail on sailing boats."
],
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"transport"
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{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "supporting spar in spritsail rig",
"word": "varpatanko"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "mot",
"sense": "supporting spar in spritsail rig",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "מוֹט"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "supporting spar in spritsail rig",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
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"code": "liv",
"lang": "Livonian",
"sense": "supporting spar in spritsail rig",
"word": "sprīt"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "supporting spar in spritsail rig",
"word": "tākotokoto"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "supporting spar in spritsail rig",
"word": "tātākoto"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "supporting spar in spritsail rig",
"word": "kihau"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "supporting spar in spritsail rig",
"word": "tītoko"
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"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "supporting spar in spritsail rig",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sprède"
},
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"sense": "supporting spar in spritsail rig",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sprède du grand mât"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "supporting spar in spritsail rig",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rozprza"
},
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"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šprintóv",
"sense": "supporting spar in spritsail rig",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "шпринто́в"
}
]
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"A shoot; a sprout."
],
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"To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt."
],
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"To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out."
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"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "noun",
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"_dis1": "100 0",
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"word": "starksprit"
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{
"english": "Gyllensten is turning fifty years old [today]. Has always been keen on the booze. So now when we go to his party [finer private party with invited guests], we all know what we're getting.",
"ref": "1985, Eddie Meduza (lyrics and music), “Alla tiders fyllekalas [All times' [as in greatest of all time or the like – idiomatic] drunken party]”",
"text": "Gyllensten fyller femtio år. Har alltid på spriten varit svår. Så när vi nu på hans bjudning går, så vet vi ju alla vad vi får.",
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{
"english": "Drinking booze, and shutting up. Drinking booze, and shutting up. Drinking cheap booze, and shutting up. I want to get there [I want thither / to there].",
"ref": "1991, De Lyckliga Kompisarna (lyrics and music), “Dricka sprit och hålla käften [Drinking booze and shutting up [more literally, \"(to) drink booze and shut up\" – not in the imperative]]”, in Le som en fotomodell [Smile like a model]",
"text": "Dricka sprit, och hålla käften. Dricka sprit, och hålla käften. Dricka billig sprit, och hålla käften. Jag vill dit.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1995, Räserbajs (lyrics and music), “Spriten räddade mig från sporten [Booze [the booze] saved me from sports]”, in Noppriga tights och moonboots [Pilly tights and moon boots]",
"text": "Spriten räddade [often clipped to \"rädda\" in speech] mig från sporten (tra-la ho ho). Spriten räddar folk från sporten, idag.\nBooze saved me from sports [\"the sport\" – definite is often idiomatic when referring to concepts] (tra-la ho ho). Booze saves people from sports, today.",
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}
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[
"liquor",
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"_dis1": "21 79",
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"_dis1": "21 79",
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"word": "läkarsprit"
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"_dis1": "21 79",
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"english": "Gyllensten is turning fifty years old [today]. Has always been keen on the booze. So now when we go to his party [finer private party with invited guests], we all know what we're getting.",
"ref": "1985, Eddie Meduza (lyrics and music), “Alla tiders fyllekalas [All times' [as in greatest of all time or the like – idiomatic] drunken party]”",
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"english": "Drinking booze, and shutting up. Drinking booze, and shutting up. Drinking cheap booze, and shutting up. I want to get there [I want thither / to there].",
"ref": "1991, De Lyckliga Kompisarna (lyrics and music), “Dricka sprit och hålla käften [Drinking booze and shutting up [more literally, \"(to) drink booze and shut up\" – not in the imperative]]”, in Le som en fotomodell [Smile like a model]",
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"ref": "1995, Räserbajs (lyrics and music), “Spriten räddade mig från sporten [Booze [the booze] saved me from sports]”, in Noppriga tights och moonboots [Pilly tights and moon boots]",
"text": "Spriten räddade [often clipped to \"rädda\" in speech] mig från sporten (tra-la ho ho). Spriten räddar folk från sporten, idag.\nBooze saved me from sports [\"the sport\" – definite is often idiomatic when referring to concepts] (tra-la ho ho). Booze saves people from sports, today.",
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