[f. SPROUT v.1] That has developed a sprout or sprouts; spec. of corn that has germinated prematurely.
1483. Cath. Angl., 357/1. Sprowtyd benys, fabefrese.
1583. Stubbes, Anat. Abus., II. (1882), 47. In the middest shall be neuer a good corne, but such as is mustie sprouted, and naught.
1763. Mills, Pract. Husb., II. 306. This was likewise sowed with sprouted corn.
1766. Complete Farmer, s.v. Madder, I likewise sowed at the same time some of this sprouted seed.
1832. Scoreby Farm Rep., 8, in Husb., III. (L.U.K.). This … is not unfrequently the cause of a crop being sprouted and damp.
1842. Loudon, Suburban Hort., 641. Planting either sets, or sprouted sets,… will produce potatoes fit to gather about the end of May.
1883. Knowledge, 20 July, 43/2. It is … far better to plant sprouted [beet] seeds.
