Chapter Springal to Spun of S by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Spruce
(Spruce) a. [Compar. Sprucer ; superl. Sprucest] [Perhaps fr. spruce a sort of leather from Prussia, which was an article of finery. See Spruce, n.]

1. Neat, without elegance or dignity; — formerly applied to things with a serious meaning; now chiefly applied to persons. "Neat and spruce array." Remedy of Love.

2. Sprightly; dashing. [Obs.] "Now, my spruce companions." Shak.

He is so spruce that he can never be genteel.

Tatler.

Syn. — Finical; neat; trim. See Finical.

— Sruce"ly, adv. — Spruce"ness, n.

Spruce
(Spruce), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spruced ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sprucing ] To dress with affected neatness; to trim; to make spruce.

Spruce
(Spruce), v. i. To dress one's self with affected neatness; as, to spruce up.

Sprue
(Sprue) n. [Etymol. uncertain.]

1. (Founding) (a) Strictly, the hole through which melted metal is poured into the gate, and thence into the mold. (b) The waste piece of metal cast in this hole; hence, dross.

2. (Med.) Same as Sprew.

Sprug
(Sprug) v. t. [Cf. Prov. E. sprug up to dress neatly, sprag to prop, a., lively.] To make smart. [Obs.]

Sprung
(Sprung) imp. & p. p. of Spring.

Sprung
(Sprung), a. (Naut.) Said of a spar that has been cracked or strained.

Sprunt
(Sprunt) v. i. [Cf. Sprout, v. i.] To spring up; to germinate; to spring forward or outward. [Obs.]

To sprunt up, to draw one's self up suddenly, as in anger or defiance; to bristle up. [Local, U.S.]

Sprunt
(Sprunt), n.

1. Anything short and stiff. [Obs.]

2. A leap; a spring. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

3. A steep ascent in a road. [Prov. Eng.]

Sprunt
(Sprunt), a. Active; lively; vigorous. [Obs.] Kersey.

Spruntly
(Sprunt"ly), adv. In a sprunt manner; smartly; vigorously; youthfully. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Spry
(Spry) a. [Compar. Sprier or Spryer ; superl. Spriest or Spryest.] [Cf. dial. Sw. sprygg lively, skittish, and E. sprag.] Having great power of leaping or running; nimble; active. [U.S. & Local Eng.]

She is as spry as a cricket.

S. Judd

If I'm not so large as you,
You are not so small as I,
And not half so spry.

Emerson.

Spud
(Spud) n. [Cf. Dan. spyd a spear.]