Definition of "sprig"

sprig

/spɹɪɡ/

noun
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.
  Quotations
  a sprig whom I remember, with a whey-face and a satchel, not so many years ago
  1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […]
5. A brad, or nail without a head.
6. A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point.
7. A house sparrow.
verb
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.
2. To nail the sole onto a shoe.