Sprit

1.

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.

1.

(INTRANSITIVE) To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out.

2.

(TRANSITIVE) To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt.

1.

A shoot, a sprout