spruceness

[Eng. spruce;-ne .) The quality or state c being spruce; neatne without elegance. "Now in the time of sprucene , our plays follow the nicene of our garments." -Middle ton : Roaring Girl. (To the Reader.) *sprûç-1-fӯ, *sprûç'-i-fie, v . t . [ Eng.spruce ; suff. -fy.] To make spruce or fine. ( Cotgrave : s. v. pimper .) sprûe (1), s. [Etym. doubtful.] Founding: 1. The ingate of a mold, through which the metal is poured. 2. The piece of metal attached to a casting, occupying the gate through which the metal was poured. 3. A piece of metal or wood used by a molder in making the ingate through the sand. sprûe (2), s. [SPROO.] sprŭg, v. t. [Cf. sprack and spruce.] To make smart. (Prου.) To sprug up : To dre neatly; to spruce up. sprŭg, s . [Perhaps from sprug , v.] A sparrow ( Scotch .) sprŭng, pret ., pa . par . & a. [SPRING, v.] A. & B. As pret . & pa . par .: (See the verb.) C. As adjective: 1. Strained, cracked; as, a sprung bat. 2. Intoxicated. ( Slang .) sprunt, v. i. [Etym. doubtful; but perhaps con nected with sprout (q. v.).] 1. To spring up; to germinate, to sprout. 2. To spring forward or outward. "Dear image of thyself; see! how it sprunts With joy at thy approach." Somerville: Rural Games, iii 3. To bristle up; to show sudden resentment. sprŭnt, a. & 8. [SPRUNT, v.] A. As adj .: Active, vigorous, lively, brisk. B. As substantive: 1. A leap, a spring. 2. A steep ascent in a road. ( Prov . Eng.) 3. Anything short and not easily bent. sprŭnt-lý, adv. [Eng. sprunt; -ly.] 1. Vigorously, youthfully; like a young man. 2. Neatly, trimly, sprucely. 'How do I look to-day? am I not drest Spruntly?"-Ben Jonson: Devil is an A , iv. L sprŭsh, a. [SPRUCE, a.] ( Scotch.) spry, a . [Sw. dial.sprygg =very lively, skittish; spräg , språk , spräker spirited, mettlesome. Allied to sprack (q. v.).] Active, nimble, lively, sharp, IMG:content-0117.jpg:[graphic] wary. spůd, s. [Prob. a corrupt. of spade; but cf. Dan spyd; Icel. spjót a spear: Eng. spit (1), s.] *1. A short knife. "My spud these nettles from the stones can part, No knife so keen to weed thee from my heart."" Swift : Pastoral Dialogue (1728). 2. Anything short and thick; specifically - (1) A piece of dough boiled in fat. (2) A potato. ( Irish .) "But it was eminently a 'speed the plough,' a speed the ' spuds ' and the seeds day."- Field , March 12, 1887. IMG:content-0118.png:[blocks in formation] spûke, s. [SPOOK.] A spirit, a specter. spûle, subst. [O. Fr. espaule; Fr. épaule =the shoulder.] [SPAULD.]