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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Sprüg, v. t.p. 1279To make smart. [Obs.]
  2. Sprŭng, imp. & p. p.p. 1279of spring. See SPRING.
  3. Sprŭnt, v. i.p. 1279To 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; to show sudden resentment. [Colloq. Local U. S.]…
  4. Sprŭnt, n.p. 1279Any thing short and stiff; something short and not easily bent. [Obs.] 2. A leap; a spring. [Obs.] 3. A steep ascent in a road. [Prov. Eng.]
  5. Sprŭnt, a.p. 1279Active; vigorous; strong; becoming strong. [Obs.] Kersay.
  6. Sprŭnt'ly, adv.p. 1279In a sprunt manner; smartly; vigorously; youthfully. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
  7. Sprȳ, a.p. 1279Having great power of leaping or running; nimble; active; vigorous. [Prov. Eng. Colloq. U. S.] Halliwell. Forby.
  8. Spūd, n.p. 1279An implement somewhat like a chisel, with a long handle, used by farmers for destroying weeds. My spud these nettles from the stone can part. Swift. 2. Any short and thick thing; and specifically, a…
  9. Spüe, v. t. & i.p. 1279To spew. See SPEW.
  10. Spūl'zie, n.p. 1279See SPULZIE.
  11. Spūke, n.p. 1279A spirit; a spectre. See SPOOK.
  12. Spūl'ler, n.p. 1279One employed to inspect yarn, to see that it is well spun, and fit for the loom. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
  13. Spūl'zĭe, n.p. 1279Plunder or booty. [Written also spulzie.] W. Scott.
  14. Spūme, n.p. 1279Frothy matter raised on liquors or fluid substances by boiling, effervescence, or agitation; froth; foam; scum. Materials dark Of spirituous and fiery spume. Milton.
  15. Spūme, v. i.p. 1279To froth; to foam.
  16. Spūme'ous, a.p. 1279Spumous. [Obs.]
  17. Spu-mēs'cence, n.p. 1279The state of being foamy; frothiness.
  18. Spu-mēs'cent, a.p. 1279Resembling froth or foam.
  19. Spūm'id, a.p. 1279Spumous; frothy. [Obs.]
  20. Spu-mif'er-oŭs, a.p. 1279Producing foam.
  21. Spūm'ī-ness, n.p. 1279The quality of being spumy or frothy.
  22. Spūm'ōŭs or Spūm'y, a.p. 1279Consisting of froth or scum; foamy. “The spumous and florid state of the blood.” Arbuthnot. The spumy waves proclaim the watery war. Dryden.
  23. Spŭn, imp. & p. p.p. 1279of spin. See SPIN. Spun hay, hay twisted into ropes for convenient carriage, as on a military expedition.
  24. Spūn'ge, n.p. 1279See SPONGE.
  25. Spūn’ging-house, n.p. 1279See SPONGING-HOUSE.
  26. Spŭnk, n.p. 1279Wood that readily takes fire; touchwood; also, a kind of tinder made from a species of fungus; punk; amadou. 2. An inflammable temper; spirit; pluck; as, a man of spunk. “A lawless and dangerous set…
  27. Spŭnk'y, a.p. 1279Full of spunk; quick; spirited. [Colloq.]
  28. Spŭn'-yärn, n.p. 1279(Naut.) A line or cord formed of two or three rope-yarns twisted.
  29. Spûr, n.p. 1279An instrument having a rowel or little wheel, with sharp points, worn on a horseman's heels, to prick a horse in order to hasten his pace. 2. Incitement; instigation. Fame is the spur that the clear…
  30. Spûr, v. t.p. 1279To prick with spurs; to incite to a more hasty pace; as, to spur a horse. 2. To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object; to incite; to instigate; to impel; to drive.…
  31. Spūr, v. i.p. 1279To travel with great expedition; to hasten. The Parthians shall be there, And, spurring from the fight, confess their fear. Dryden. The roads leading to the capital were covered with multitudes of…
  32. Spūr'-clād, a.p. 1280Wearing spurs.
  33. Spûr'-gall, v. t.p. 1280To gall or wound with a spur.
  34. Spûr'-gall, n.p. 1280A place galled or excoriated by much using of the spur.
  35. Spûrge, v. t.p. 1280To emit foam; to froth;—said properly of the emission of yeast from beer in course of fermentation. [Obs.] Curtright.
  36. Spûrge, n.p. 1280(Bot.) A plant (the Euphorbia polygonifolia) having an acrid, milky juice. This name is applied to various species of Euphorbia, and by some to the whole genus, which is very numerous.
  37. Spûr'-gēar'ing, n.p. 1280Gearing in which spur-wheels are used.
  38. Spûrge'-flâx, n.p. 1280(Bot.) An evergreen shrub (Daphne gnidium), a native of Spain.
  39. Spûrge'-lâu'rel, n.p. 1280(Bot.) The Daphne laureola, an evergreen shrub, a native of Europe.
  40. Spûrge'-ôl'ive, n.p. 1280(Bot.) An evergreen shrub (the Daphne oleoides), a native of Crete. London.
  41. Spūrge'-wort, n.p. 1280A certain plant.
  42. Spûr'ging, n.p. 1280Purging. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
  43. Spū'ri-ous, a.p. 1280Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; counterfeit; false; adulterate. 2. Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue. “Her spurious first-born.” Milton.…
  44. Spū'ri-ous-ly, adv.p. 1280In a spurious manner; counterfeitly; falsely.
  45. Spū'ri-ous-ness, n.p. 1280The state or quality of being spurious, counterfeit, false, or not genuine; as, the spuriousness of drugs, or of writings. 2. The state of being bastard, or not of legitimate birth; illegitimacy; as…
  46. Spūr'less, a.p. 1280Having no spurs; without spurs.
  47. Spûr'ling, n.p. 1280(Ichth.) A spirling. See SPIRLING. Tusser.
  48. Spûr'ling-line, n.p. 1280(Neut.) The line which forms the communication between the wheel and the telltale.
  49. Spûrn, v. t.p. 1280To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick. I spurn thee like a cur. Shak. 2. To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept; to treat with contempt. The rule of knighthood I disdain and…
  50. Spûrn, v. i.p. 1280To kick or toss up the heels. The drunken chairman in the kennel spurns. Gay. 2. To manifest disdain in rejecting any thing; to make contemptuous opposition; to manifest disdain in resistance. “Nay…
  51. Spûrn, n.p. 1280A kick; a blow with the foot. [Rare.] What defense can properly be used in such a despicable encounter as this but either the slap or the spurn? Milton. 2. Disdainful rejection; contemptuous…
  52. Spûrn'er, n.p. 1280One who spurns.
  53. Spûrn'ey, n.p. 1280A certain plant.
  54. Spûrn'-wa'ter, n.p. 1280(Naut.) A channel at the end of a deck to restrain the water.
  55. Spûrre, n.p. 1280(Ornith.) A spur; a sea-swallow. See SPUR, 9.
  56. Spūrred, p. a.p. 1280Wearing spurs, or having shoots like spurs. 2. Affected with spur or ergot; as, spurred rye.
  57. Spûr'rer, n.p. 1280One who uses spurs.
  58. Spūr'rey, n.p. 1280See SPURRY.
  59. Spūr'ri-er, n.p. 1280One whose occupation is to make spurs. The saddlers and spurriers would be ruined by thousands. Macauley.
  60. Spûr'-roy'al, n.p. 1280A gold coin, first made in the reign of Edward IV., and having a star on the reverse, resembling the rowel of a spur. In the reigns of Elizabeth and James I., its value was fifteen shillings.…