- 2. Shoot, ratoon, young branch.
Sprouts, n. pl. Young coleworts.
Spruce, a. Neat (without elegance), trim, nice, trig, fine, finical, smart, jaunty, natty, foppish, dandyish, tidy, smug.
Spruce, v. n. Prink, dress finically.
Spruce, v. a. Trim, deck, dress.
Spry, a. (Colloq.) Active, lively, brisk, nimble, supple, agile, sprightly, quick, smart, prompt, alert, stirring, ready, dapper.
Spume, n. Foam, froth, spray, scum.
Spumescence, n. Frothiness, foaminess.
Spumous, a. See Spumy.
Spumy, a. Foamy, frothy, spumous.
Spunk, n.
- 1. Touchwood.
- 2. Punk, amadou, agaric, German tinder.
Spur, n.
- 1. Goad, prick, point, rowel.
- 2. Incitement. stimulus, incentive, impulse, inducement, instigation, provocation, motive, fillip, whip, goad.
- 3. Snag, point, knot, gnarl, knob, projection.
- 4. Ergot, horn-seed, spurred rye.
- 5. Branch, subordinate range (of mountains)
Spur, v. a.
- 1. Prick (with the spur).
- 2. Stimulate, incite, rouse, arouse, goad, induce, instigate, impel, urge forward, drive, animate.