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Quotation dates: 1643
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Sprig, n. [Late ME and e.m.E. sprigge (15th c.), a shoot, twig, sprig (1591) an ornamental sprig or spray.] An ornament, ? for a headdress. — 1643 Edinburgh Testaments LX 270b.
Twa buskis and ane dossane of glas spriges and dressinges estimat all to xiij lib.
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