The phrase "a sprit" is not correct in standard written English.
It appears to be a misspelling or misusage, as "sprit" typically refers to a type of pole used in sailing, but it is not commonly used with the article "a" in this context.
Example: "The boat's sprit was damaged during the storm."
Alternatives: "a pole" or "a spar."
Their choreography may be lyrically romantic, its giddy lifts counterpointed by a gentle dialogue of gesture, yet these lovers are never sappy: Semyon Chudin is a tender but determined Lucentio and Olga Smirnova is a revelation; the sweet, singing lines of her dancing inflected with a sharp sprit of mischief that reminds us that, deep down, Bianka is very much Katharina's sister.
Reliance required 66 racing crewmen to handle her 16,159 square feet of sails (enough for eight modern 12-meter boats) and a topmast sprit that was almost 190 feet above the waterline.
"There is a fighting sprit in there - we have to pick up as many points as we can from now until the end of the season," he insisted.
You might be a free sprit!
It can't anticipate the unexpected and live with an entrepreneurial sprit thus ignore the opportunities the acquisitions present.
And yet while such arrangements once symbolised an idealistic postwar sprit of reconciliation, a string of newspaper stories combining local dignitaries and alleged overseas junkets have reflected a shift in public attitudes.
"Much worse — nothing in February or March," said Rigoberto, 53, who, like the other men standing near the train station one morning this week, gave only his first name and spoke in Spanish; his words were translated by Diana Mejia, a co-founder of Wind of the Sprit, a local immigrant resource center.
The report uncovered a locally-minded sprit emerging in entertainment consumption and Localism will become a key theme of future entertainment.
A Vin and Sprit executive was not immediately available for comment.
