a. [ L. caprigenus; caper goat + gegnere to produce. ] Of the goat kind. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Prigged p. pr. & vb. n. Prigging ] [ A modification of prick. ] To haggle about the price of a commodity; to bargain hard. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To cheapen. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ Perhaps orig., to ride off with. See Prick, v. t. ] To filch or steal; as, to prig a handkerchief. [ Cant ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

The queer prig of a doctor. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A thief; a filcher. [ Cant ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Priggism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a prig; conceited; pragmatical. -- Prig"gish*ly, adv. -- Prig"gish-ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The quality or state of being priggish; the manners of a prig. Ed. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Roguery; thievery. [ Obs. ] Fielding. [ 1913 Webster ]

obs. imp. of Prick. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. sprec; akin to Icel. sprek a stick. Cf. Spray a branch. ] 1. A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray; as, a sprig of laurel or of parsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A youth; a lad; -- used humorously or in slight disparagement. [ 1913 Webster ]

A sprig whom I remember, with a whey-face and a satchel, not so many years ago. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A brad, or nail without a head. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Naut.) A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Sprigged p. pr. & vb. n. Sprigging ] To mark or adorn with the representation of small branches; to work with sprigs; as, to sprig muslin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having sprigs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of sprigs or small branches. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Sprite. ] 1. Spirit; mind; soul; state of mind; mood. [ Obs. ] “The high heroic spright.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wondrous great grief groweth in my spright. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A supernatural being; a spirit; a shade; an apparition; a ghost.
Syn. -- sprite. [ 1913 Webster ]

Forth he called, out of deep darkness dread,
Legions of sprights. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

To thee, O Father, Son, and Sacred Spright. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A kind of short arrow. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To haunt, as a spright. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Spright sprite + full. ] Full of spirit or of life; spirited; earnest; vivacious; lively; brisk; nimble; gay. [ Obs. ] -- Spright"ful*ly, adv. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster]

-- Spright"ful*ness, n. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Spoke like a sprightful noble gentleman. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Steeds sprightful as the light. Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Destitute of life; dull; sluggish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being sprightly; liveliness; life; briskness; vigor; activity; gayety; vivacity. [ 1913 Webster ]

In dreams, observe with what a sprightliness and alacrity does she [ the soul ] exert herself! Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Sprightlier superl. Sprightliest. ] [ See Sprite. ] Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance. “Sprightly wit and love inspires.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) (a) The pintail duck; -- called also sprig, and spreet-tail. [ Local, U.S. ] (b) The sharp-tailed grouse. [ Local, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. upright, uppriht. See Up, and Right, a. ] 1. In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

With chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

All have their ears upright. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Morally erect; having rectitude; honest; just; as, a man upright in all his ways. [ 1913 Webster ]

And that man [ Job ] was perfect and upright. Job i. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Conformable to moral rectitude. [ 1913 Webster ]

Conscience rewards upright conduct with pleasure. J. M. Mason. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Stretched out face upward; flat on the back. [ Obs. ] “ He lay upright.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Golf) Designating a club in which the head is approximately at a right angle with the shaft. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Upright drill (Mach.), a drilling machine having the spindle vertical. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This word and its derivatives are usually pronounced in prose with the accent on the first syllable. But they are frequently pronounced with the accent on the second in poetry, and the accent on either syllable is admissible. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Something standing upright, as a piece of timber in a building. See Illust. of Frame. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Basketwork) A tool made from a flat strip of steel with chisel edges at both ends, bent into horseshoe, the opening between the cutting edges being adjustable, used for reducing splits to skeins. Called in full upright shave. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. (Football) the vertical part of a goalpost, especially the part above the horizontal bar; as, a field goal directly between the uprights. [ PJC ]

adv. [ See Righteous. ] In an upright or just manner. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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adv. In an upright manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the quality or state of being upright. [ 1913 Webster ]