. 705 SPRUNT.

Yffl. 1637 HEVWOOD Pleas, Dial. No. 4 Wks. 1874 VI. 191 1884 Sat. Rev. 7 June 745/2 There is an offensive spruce. Spruil. north, iiial. [app. a metathetic var. of Hiriselt'e he spruceth, studieth to be fine. 1683 tr. Erasw. I ness about the whole picture. SPURN sb* i Encomium Another shall himself in a 1 b.] (See Also attrib. M*riac 44 spruce , quot. 1828.) Sprii'cery. rare" [f. nsprec. + -EKY.] =prec. Iteht Rules Civility 57 An old Man or in periwig. 1703 1844 Fraser's Mag. XXX. 351/2 There was a sprucery sprun-vein. Woman trimm'd like of would BRACKEN up young People Eighteen, about almost every thing he did. 1737 Farriery hnpr. (1756) I. 338 Bleeding in make us believe they had spruc'd themselves so for no other the 1828 Obs. Also 8 Sprun-Vem. CARR Craven C,loss., S/>run, i. The CONRAD HUEFFF.R Romance v. II SprU'da. Sprutia. [Altera- fore end. 1903 J. & 40 He had part of a horse's hoof. 2. A sharp piece of iron fixed but I seemed to see the still flutter tion of Prucia PKUCE : cf. SPRUCE The coun- to the fore spruced himself, rags jtf.] point of a horse's shoe to prevent him Clipping about him. of Prussia also attrib. in deals. on ice. try ; Sprucia l b. With up. In Latin context the form occurs as early as 1419 in North fSprund. Ots~ [Cf. MSw. Wills sprund, app. ETHER EDGE Man of Mode in. in, I took Country (Surtees) 23. in a similar 1676 particular sense.] A spar or pole. is with GENTLEMAN to Wealth 6 For the notice of one that alwaies spruc'd up a deal of dirty 1614 Engl. Way Hol- in (71425 Xoak'sArk Xon-Cycle 22 For I landers, .are to fetch, .their 1- Mystery Plays sky-colur'd Ribband, a 1704 T. BROWN Lett. Ser, fy Com. compelled hoopes and Barrel have neither ryff nor run", Spyer, no are so boords out of and Land, sprund, sprout, sprot. III. ; Gaz. No. Wks. 1709 126 Madam D , whom you angry Norway Sprucia. 1705 her Person. the for Plank and Deals. a. of SPIUXC r'. 1 with for ..sprucing up decay'd 1748 LADY ! 4101/3 Friday ifith, Sprutia Sprung (sprirj), ///. [pa. pplc. ] LUXBOROUGH Lett. Shenstone Obs. 1 1. 'i hat has or arisen. 27 June, My slovenly garden, tSprU'cier. [f. med.L. SprHcia (see sprung up In combs, as which cannot be weeded, nor in the least spruced up, till or prec.) SPRUCE sb.~\ A Prussian, Jirst-, high-) new-sprung. Also with up. is all in. FKLTON Fam. Lett. xlv. my hay 1853 (1865) 336, 1 (iAScoiGNK /' 1443 Acts Privy Connc. (1835) V. 233 My Lord Tres. hath 575 lowers, Dan Bartholmew Wks. 1907 I. I do not think would have known coat, me, you hardly i my 101 he knoweth. . declared, .hou ^-at |?e Spruciersft Hansze beth freer here in God whopluckt hir first sprong rose. 1632 so spruced up were both of us. 1894 H. NISBET Bnsk be LlTHGOW Trav. ix. 415 The high-sprung threatnini; Ingland }>an Kynges subgittes. | Woods, Girts Rom, 135 When washed and spruced up they looked the clouds. 1661 J. DA VIES Civil tt'arres This v. Obs. j 373 utterly and talked not unlike gentlemen. t [f. SPRUCE a.] trans. SprU'Cify. dissipated the power of the new sprung Committee of Safety. fig. 1672 EACHARD Lett. 21 Out comes the Vindlcationer, To it in make spruce. Also with refl. sense. 1842 J. AI-IUN Dourest, l-'.con. (1857) 150 The progress of his and up this objection. 1611 COTGR., Pititper, to sprucifie, or finifie it; curiously , crops, from the scarce sprun^-bruird to the whittuing har- 1621 in. ii. iv. refl. BURTON Anat. Mel. i, Salmacis would to pranke, trimme, or tricke vp himselfe. 1661 K. W. Coif. vest. 1895 Daily ^\\-:cs2^ March 8/6 The newly sprung. up not be seen of till she had her 1 Hermaphroditus, spruced up Cainbr. tin.- Charac., Minion (1860) 78 An emblematicall a>s competition from United States makers of ihis. . tool. self first. 1674 tr. Scheffers Lapland 111 Woollen Cloth- sprucefyed with the gorgeous trappings of a lofty beusc- 2. j Cracked, Garments (such as they use to spruce themselves up withal, split. ! phalus. 1676 Poor Robin*s Intcll. 15-22 Aug. 1/2 Sprucify- at their J- PAYNE Royal fcxch. 33 Resyde myne acquayntans public Festivals, or more solemn affairs). 1749 himself like a he ?597 ing Country Bridegroom came up to her with your sprung sales from the 1666 MRS. DELANY ft Corr. (1861) II. Mrs. where masts, tprne yarde, Life 532 Foley's, i brush 'd and Yi. powder Di\vnr,N Ann. Miral>. Tall their masts, I was to spruce myself up a little before dinner. 1862 SALA cxliii, Norway Fir, a. Obs-^ = SPRUCE a. 2 a. in lirutel And Oak Leaks and Planks Seven Sons II. v. 138 [She] spruced herself up to the extent t Sprrrcy, spent, English sprung restore. A'arat C/iron. XI. The main mast is a . LANGHORXK 121 h.-ul of putting on .a black silk jacket. 1895 SN-AITH Mistress 1774 Country Justice Long that 1781 289 anxious to know What Vellum's sprung mast. 1852 H. NFWLAND TractarianisM 1-3 Sotnr- Dorothy Marvin xii, Go spruce yourself up a bit. daughter sigh'd sprucy the . i clerk, the valley's beau, Meant those glances. mixing mortar,., some strengthening sprung U-;un f 2. intr. With it : To be or trim. Obs. rare. by spruce l 1899 KDKN PHII.LPOTTS //;/;;/ Boy 12 Hrowne. .made that 1611 Faire la to f Sprude, v. 0/>s.~ [Of obscure origin.] trans. COTGR., fringuc^ Jet, brag, spruce it, noise in his throat like a sprung bat. wantonnize it. Ibid. s.v. Garher. ? To attach, secure. 3. Made to fly up. 3. : E. E. Allit. P. C. Cables at e With (or f To make oneself 13.. 104 bay fasten, Wi;t j up out} spruce. 1598 SVI.VKSTKR Du I>art

Dench .. seemed to kind o' o' ! and have a deal : cf. of or spruce up 1. = 2 pntnk next.] A display wealth grandeur. to THRUSH i. tots. money spend. c 1753 The King's Disguise xii. in Child Ha/lads 111. 221 i Erroneously defined by Webster (1828-32) as 'a matter beer. Also With fryars and monks, \vilh their fine sprunks, I make Spruce spruce-beer. [SPRUCE formed in the mouth in certain diseases '. my chiefest prey. sb. The modern use is app. not due to, but rather 1825 JAMIESON Siippl., Sproo^ a disease affecting the vbl. sb. Obs. Du. mouths of children. t a t Spr [f. pronken the source of, the synonymous G. sprossenbier, f. very young 1847 WEBSTER, Spr "n\ unking, disease of the mucous membrane, in a in- or (.;. : cf. Personal adornment shoot, Beer from Prussia. consisting specific pntnken prcc.] sprosse sprout.] fa. flammntion of the IHd. ,.\.\\\s muciparou.s glands. t Spnte t or Also attrib. in Obs. b. beautifying. sprunking glass. A fermented beverage made with an extract is sometimes a vicious orthography of .9/r^7c, the name of 1690 EVELYN Mnndits Mulit'l>ris6 The Pocket Sprunking from the leaves and branches of the fir. the disease otherwise called thrush- 1899 Syd. Soc. Lc.\'. spruce Look ing-Glass. Ibid, 19 The Table, Toilet, or Pocket s.v. Thrush, Parasitic stomatitis. Also called cisoo Colyn Blyivbols Test. 331 in Hazl. E.P.P. I. 106 aphtha, Sprunking-GIass. 1694 N. H. Ladies Diet. 12 A Spi-unkiag sprue, Spruce beer, and the beer of Hambur, Whyche makyth oft sprew, Class, this sprunking is a Dutch word, the first as we hear to 2. A disease characterized sore raw : tymesmen stambur. 1591 NASHR Prognostication n Many by throat, of that Language, that ever came in fashion with Ladies. shall haue more Spruce Beere in their bellies, then wit in and tongue, digestive disturbance, occurring esp. Now dial. obscure : their heads. CHILD Disc. Trade SprU'nny. [Of origin 1690 (1698) 77 Foreign in countries made of called tropical ; psilosis. i some dialects have adj., spruce, liquors corn, commonly Mum, Spruce- Beer, ' spntnny smart.] 1888 THIN (title), Psilosis or Sprue ': its nature and treat- and Rosteker-Beer. 1706 PHILLIPS (ed. Kersey), Spruce ~ A sweetheart. a kind of ment. 1897 Allbutfs Syst. Alt'd. III. 777 Amongst the fleer, Physical , good for inward Bruises, 1762 Collins's Misc. in Where if good Satan lays her on Sec. remoter causes of sprue prolonged residence in hot climates &c. 1744 BERKELEY Let. Tar-water 4 Spruce.beer like thee, to some Purpose will thy be. must be reckoned as the first. Whipp'd Sprunny made of molasses, and the black spruce-fir. 1766 W. STORK a 1800 PF.C.GK a sweetheart of either Med. III. has Snfpl. Grose, Sprnnny, fir here is i&gjAlloNtt*s Syst. 778 One who Ace. East-Florida 44 The spruce quite a differ- attrib.^ . sex. 18x4- in midland and eastern dialects. ent from that to resided in a sprue country. Ibid. 790 In the debilitated con- the northward, but answers the same $b Now dial. SrRrxr A dition of patients. Ibid. 793 Nostrums used in Sprunt, [f. 7-.] end for making the spruce beer. 1834 T. J. GRAHAM Doni. sprue Java a class of charlatans who to be doctors '. convulsive movement a start ; a or bound. Jlfed. (ed. 6) 180 Spruce beer is a powerful diuretic and by profess 'sprue ; spring * Phil. Trans. XVII. 876 Then (having only antiscorbutic, and is a wholesome beverage for the summer. (spr;7). Founding. [Of obscure origin.] 1693 just Sprue her and made Two without 1893 LELAXD Mem, I. 13 Selling doughnuts, spruce-beer, Also attrib. opened Kyes Sprunts, speaking (See quots.) a 1800 PEGCE and gingerbread. , one word) [she] dyed immediately, Svppl. Webster's definition is probably erroneous. ' Grose, fyrttntt or Sprint, a spring in leaping, and the leap fir. Also in that which is spruce-fir. [SPRUCE sb.] 1828-32 WEBSTER, Sprite ^ Scotland, itself. Derb. in dial, Spruce i 1847-79 glossaries (Derby, Northampt., thrown off in metals; scoria. KNIGHT Diet. 1. A distinct species of fir (Pinus or Abies} com- casting 1875 Shropsh., Warw.). Mech. lfead^..\\\e or rUer on several varieties SPRUCE 1084/2 sprue, sullage-piece, sb Obs. that prising clearly-marked (cf. a which is knocked off. Ibid. f Sprunt, [cf. next.] 'Any thing casting, 1884 Suppl., Sprue ' sb. or other of is short and will not bend' 4) ; one these varieties. Hole, a gate, ingate, or pouring-hole in a mold. 1884 W, H. easily ^Johnson, 1755). lock hair. 1731 MILLER Card. Diet. s.v. Abies, The Common Firr, GREENWOOD Steel ty Iron 201 The smaller passages, often In the quot. applied to an obstinately curly of or Pitch Tree; sometimes called, The Norway or Spruce two or three in number, leading from the skimming gate to c 1710 CoKGREVI Poems SfT. Occas., Impossible Thing, Firr. 1799 [A. YOUNG] Agric. Lincoln. 214 The spruce fir the mould are called sprues or sprue gates. This Sprunt its Pertness sure will lose When laid (said he) also grows well and 181* J. SMYTH Pract. ofCustoms a to soak in Ooze. large. Sprue (sprw). [Of obscure origin.] A poor (1821) 85 This essence is extracted from the small twigs or a. ? Obs. related to or inferior of Also Spruut, [prob. next.] sprouts of the black and white Spruce Fir. 1861 BENTLEY quality asparagus. sprite grass. SOVER Throw in the and let it boil ; Brisk, active, smart, spruce. Man. Bot. 109 The whole will be shaped like a cone or 1846 Cookery 41 sprue fast until tender. Get some fresh 1616 in SPRUNTLY atfv.]. a 165* BROMK Mad pyramidi as in the Spruce Fir. | very ///,, sprue grass. (implied Feb. thin Couple v. ii, La. Pray Mr. Thrivewell entertaine the Lady. Girl's Own \ 2. A tree to this j 1884 Paper 210/3 Long, stragqling belonging species. Car. Another youth. 1653 H. MOKK Antid. Ath. \. ] sprunt ! asparagus, commonly known as sprue. 1895 Times 3 April PKNSANT Brit. Zool. II. 262 The last we dis- little call 1768 spring is, is. 6d. to xi. 8 That sprunt Piece of the Brain which they i 3/4 Sprue, gd. to ; asparagus, 35. per bundle. covered the nest of this bird in a spruce fir. 1774 GRAY 1 the Conarion. 1668 G. C. in H. More AVr. Dial. Pref. i. Corr. There see mouth sb. Sc. and north, dial. Also aproug, called the (1843) 173 you may larches, Wey Sprug, p. xii, This little sprunt Champion, Conarion,.. , and spruce firs that have risen by magic. 1842 LOUDON sprog. [Of obscure origin : the form spug (with within which the Soul is entirely cooped up. [1687 MIM.I Suburban /fort. Those remarkable rows of spruce-firs Gt. Fr. Diet, wonderful active. PHILLIES 317 i variant spyttg) is also common in Sc. and Eng. n, Sprunt, 1706 which line some of the avenues at Meudon, 1890 Lloyd's ted. wonderful active, lively, or brisk. i Kersey), Sprnnt, I A Nat. Hist. 58 The Crossbill devours the seeds of dial.] sparrow. in D'UKFEY Pills \. Nell dressM ordinary i (Hence 1719 146 SCOTT M. Wilson was a kind Bailey.)] the larch and spruce-firs. 1815 Gity xi, John blustering as sprunt as a Dai/y. a i88 T. BEWICK The Vpgctting of chield, without the heart of a sprug. 1886- in Eng. Dial. SPRUCED. + -LY 2 (1850) 13 Thou can get on thee sister's shoun..and mheyk Sprucely (spn/'sli),^. ff. .] Diet. thee sell leuk varra sprunt wouth them. In a manner I spruce ; smartly, trimly, neatly. '. dial. f. Sussex dial, Sprug, [? sprug adj., (sprint), v. Now dial. [app. related 1598 MARSTON Pygmal., Sat. iii, Under that fayre Ruffe Sprunt : cf. trans. deck or smart, spruce SPRIO #.] To to SPRKNT v. and SPRINT intr. To 01 so sprucely set Appeares a fall, a falling-band forsooth. 1626 z>.] spring dress to smart or trim. make 1 T. H[AWKINS] Caussin's Holy Crt. 186 We see men. .who up smartly; start; to move in a quick or convulsive manner; wast 1622 T. STOUGHTON Chr. xv. Some daintie all their tyme..in striuing to haue their stockings Sacrif. 214 to dart or ran. put on. 1673 E. BROWN Trap. Germ. 179 Dames, euen sprugd vp of nothing, that are so long in sprucely (1677) 1601 HOLLAND /V/yxxni. vi,No sooner last they of them, Every Bastion is sprucely kept and covered within with dressing and attinng themselues in the morning. 1847 but the childedoth stir and in their wombe. 1603 II \i to Susst.r, PAKISM sprunt green Turf. 1806 J. BKRESFORD Miseries Hum. Lift iv. i.nv., Sprug up, dress neatly. 1875 Plutarch's'Inttirch's Mor.3/0r. 1277 The armie of Alexander, after it had xxxiii, As you walk forth freshly and sprucely dressed. 1854 Sussex Dial. 112 Sprug, to smarten. lost and forgone him, did no more but sprunt, pant, struggle EMERSON Lett, Soc. Pcet. ' ff Aims, ,$ Imag. Wks. (Bohn) S. n Spruit (spn/it, sprit). African. [Du. and strive for life. 165(5 TRAPP Matt. iv. 2 Beasts that have III. 160 A small, well* worn, brushed sprucely vocabulary small stream or water- their bite serves him. sprint SPROUT sby\ A death's wound, cruelly, sprunt exceedingly. 1690 1.216 twins C.NESSE ///./. -fr Myit.O.N. Test. Those spurned SPRUCE The course, usually almost or altogether dry except in Sprnceness (spr-snes). [f. .] . and ed in her womb. SOMERVILLE Hobbinol. in. the wet season. sprunt 1740 character or of neatness. See ! this Dear of quality being spruce; . , 393 swect-simp'ring Babe, Image thyself; W. C. BALDWIN Afr. I 1611 MIDDLE-TON & DEKKER Roaring Girl To Rdr., Now 1863 Hunting 207, scraped my seel how ; t sprunts With Joy at thy Approach ! 1789 MKS. off in the but in the time of sprucenes, our plaies followe the nicenes of our nger-iiails dry spruits p|Ozzi Journ. France II. 193 Wonderfully indeed did the not one came.makingjargeLADYholes^mBARKKR Years House- Garments. 1653 \V. RAMESAV Astrol.Rest. 60 An exceeding drop 1876 players struggle, and bounce, and sprunt. 1813 in Spirit well S. Africa, viii. 150 A real river, not.. a capricious -shaped body throughout, loving neatness, spruceness, keeping , Public Jrnls. 528 He sprunted about among their legs someiimes a and sometimes a lake. F. the like. 1 1. spruit, ditch, 1889 in dialect Nortli- trimmingand 1748 CHFSTERK. Lett, clvl (1792) 57 lustily. 1854- glossaries (Yks. f Derby. GATES AfataWe~Lauti 66 Where we the A spruceness of dress is also very proper and becoming at outspanned boys Warw.). 1897 Ln. E. HAMILTON Outlaws j ampt., o/M* made a fire in the hollow bed of a your age. 1833 HT. MARTINKAI.' Briery Creek v. 108 Not all spruit. i xvii. 187 I'll just sprunt up the water and cro?s abune the his north, or variant of v. ' for spruceness could hide it, if he was as spruce as ever. Sprule, Sc, SPRAWL kings. VOL. IX. 89