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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Sprŭnt'ly, adv. p. 1279In a sprunt manner; smartly; vigorously; youthfully. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Sprȳ, a. p. 1279Having great power of leaping or running; nimble; active; vigorous. [Prov. Eng. Colloq. U. S.] Halliwell. Forby.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…Spüe, v. t. & i. p. 1279To spew. See SPEW.Spūl'zie, n. p. 1279See SPULZIE.Spūke, n. p. 1279A spirit; a spectre. See SPOOK.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.]Spūl'zĭe, n. p. 1279Plunder or booty. [Written also spulzie.] W. Scott.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.Spūme, v. i. p. 1279To froth; to foam.Spūme'ous, a. p. 1279Spumous. [Obs.]Spu-mēs'cence, n. p. 1279The state of being foamy; frothiness.Spu-mēs'cent, a. p. 1279Resembling froth or foam.Spūm'id, a. p. 1279Spumous; frothy. [Obs.]Spu-mif'er-oŭs, a. p. 1279Producing foam.Spūm'ī-ness, n. p. 1279The quality of being spumy or frothy.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.Spŭn, imp. & p. p. p. 1279of spin. See SPIN. Spun hay, hay twisted into ropes for convenient carriage, as on a military expedition.Spūn'ge, n. p. 1279See SPONGE.Spūn’ging-house, n. p. 1279See SPONGING-HOUSE.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…Spŭnk'y, a. p. 1279Full of spunk; quick; spirited. [Colloq.]Spŭn'-yärn, n. p. 1279(Naut.) A line or cord formed of two or three rope-yarns twisted.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…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.…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…Spūr'-clād, a. p. 1280Wearing spurs.Spûr'-gall, v. t. p. 1280To gall or wound with a spur.Spûr'-gall, n. p. 1280A place galled or excoriated by much using of the spur.Spûrge, v. t. p. 1280To emit foam; to froth;—said properly of the emission of yeast from beer in course of fermentation. [Obs.] Curtright.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.Spûr'-gēar'ing, n. p. 1280Gearing in which spur-wheels are used.Spûrge'-flâx, n. p. 1280(Bot.) An evergreen shrub (Daphne gnidium), a native of Spain.Spûrge'-lâu'rel, n. p. 1280(Bot.) The Daphne laureola, an evergreen shrub, a native of Europe.Spûrge'-ôl'ive, n. p. 1280(Bot.) An evergreen shrub (the Daphne oleoides), a native of Crete. London.Spūrge'-wort, n. p. 1280A certain plant.Spûr'ging, n. p. 1280Purging. [Obs.] B. Jonson.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.…Spū'ri-ous-ly, adv. p. 1280In a spurious manner; counterfeitly; falsely.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…Spūr'less, a. p. 1280Having no spurs; without spurs.Spûr'ling, n. p. 1280(Ichth.) A spirling. See SPIRLING. Tusser.Spûr'ling-line, n. p. 1280(Neut.) The line which forms the communication between the wheel and the telltale.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…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…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…Spûrn'er, n. p. 1280One who spurns.Spûrn'ey, n. p. 1280A certain plant.Spûrn'-wa'ter, n. p. 1280(Naut.) A channel at the end of a deck to restrain the water.Spûrre, n. p. 1280(Ornith.) A spur; a sea-swallow. See SPUR, 9.Spūrred, p. a. p. 1280Wearing spurs, or having shoots like spurs. 2. Affected with spur or ergot; as, spurred rye.Spûr'rer, n. p. 1280One who uses spurs.Spūr'rey, n. p. 1280See SPURRY.Spūr'ri-er, n. p. 1280One whose occupation is to make spurs. The saddlers and spurriers would be ruined by thousands. Macauley.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.…Spûr'ry, n. p. 1280(Bot.) A plant (the Spergula arvensis), which is sometimes cultivated in Europe for fodder.Spûrt, v. t. p. 1280To throw out, as a liquid in a stream; to drive or force out with violence, as a liquid from a pipe or small orifice; as, to spurt water from the mouth, or other liquid from a tube.Spûrt, v. i. p. 1280To gush or issue out in a stream, as liquor from a cask; to rush from a confined place in a small stream. Then the small jet, which hasty hands unlock, Spurts in the gardener’s eyes who turns the…Spûrt, n. p. 1280A shoot; a bud. [Obs.] Holland. 2. A sudden or violent ejection or gushing of a liquid substance from a tube, orifice, or other confined place; a jet. 3. A sudden or short occasion or exigency…Spürt'le, v. t. p. 1280To shoot in a scattering manner. [Obs.] Drayton.