Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sprig \Sprig\, 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.

   2. A youth; a lad; -- used humorously or in slight
      disparagement.

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

   3. A brad, or nail without a head.

   4. (Naut.) A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point.

Sprig \Sprig\, 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.

Source : WordNet®

sprig
     n 1: small branch or division of a branch; usually applied to
          branches of the current or preceding year [syn: {branchlet},
           {twig}]
     2: an ornament that resembles a spray of leaves or flowers
     [also: {sprigging}, {sprigged}]