Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SPRIG, n. [W. ysbrig; ys, a prefix, and brig, top, summit; that is, a shoot, or shooting to a point. Class Brg.]

1. A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray; as, a sprig of laurel or of parsley.
2. A brad or nail without a head. [Local.]
3. The representation of a small branch in embroidery.
4. A small eye-bolt ragged at the point. – Encyc.