different between strig vs sprig

English

Etymology

Origin obscure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st???/

Noun

strig (plural strigs)

1. (botany) A pedicel or footstalk, especially of a flowering or fruit-bearing plant, such as the currant.
2. The tang of a sword-blade.
3. (Britain dialectal) The string of a button.

Verb

strig (third-person singular simple present strigs, present participle strigging, simple past and past participle strigged)

1. To strip the pedical from a plant.

Anagrams

• Grits, girts, grist, grits, trigs

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *strig?, from Latin strix. Compare (Daco-)Romanian striga, strig.

Verb

strig

1. I yell.

Romanian

Verb

strig

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of striga

English

Etymology

From Middle English sprig, sprigge, of uncertain origin. Compare dialectal English sprag (“sprig, twig”), Old English spræc (“a shoot”), German Low German Spricke, Sprick (“dry branch, twig”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sp???/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

sprig (plural sprigs)

1. A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray.

2. An ornament resembling a small shoot or twig.
3. One of the separate pieces of lace fastened on a ground in applique lace.
4. (humorous, sometimes mildly derogatory) A youth; a lad.
5. A brad, or nail without a head.
6. A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point.
7. A house sparrow.

Translations

Verb

sprig (third-person singular simple present sprigs, present participle sprigging, simple past and past participle sprigged)

1. To decorate with sprigs, or with representations of sprigs, as in embroidery or pottery.

Anagrams

• PIRGs, grips, prigs