Spruce

sprōōs, adj. smart: neat, dapper: over-fastidious, finical.— n. Pru ian leather.— v.t. to smarten.— v.i. to become spruce or smart.— n. Spruce′-fir , or merely Spruce , any tree of the genus Picea of the pine family ( Coniferæ ), or the wood of such a tree.— adv. Spruce′ly .— n. Spruce′ne .— v.t. Spru′cify , to smarten. [O. Fr. Pruce —Late L. Pru ia , Ger. Preu en .]