spruit

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

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8
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10
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6

Definition of spruit

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (South-Africa)A small headstream; a stream flowing through a village, dry in summer.
    “Though there is such a poor prospect for public irrigation schemes, the country seems, on the whole, fairly well watered in years of normal rainfall, and there are many springs and "spruits," or rivulets, more or less permanent.”

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Etymology

From Afrikaans spruit. Doublet of sprout.

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