Spirt vs Sprit - What's the difference?
spirt | sprit |
(nautical) A spar between mast and upper outer corner of a spritsail on sailing boats.
A shoot; a sprout.
To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt.
To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out.
As a verb spirt
is .As a noun sprit is
(lb) petrol, gas (gasoline).sprit
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) spr?otNoun
(en noun)- (Mortimer)
Verb
(en-verb)Etymology 2
Akin to (etyl) spritzen.Verb
(en-verb)- (Sir Thomas Browne)
