SPRITELINESS
SPRITELINESS. [See Sprightliness.]
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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SPRITELY
SPRITELY. [See Sprightly.]
SPROD
SPROD, noun A salmon in its second year.
SPRONG
SPRONG, old preterit tense of spring. [Not in use.]
SPROUT
SPROUT, verb intransitive [G.]1. To shoot, as the seed of a plant; to germinate; to push out new shoots. A grain that sprouts in ordinary temperature in ten days, may by an augm...
SPROUTS
SPROUTS, nounplural Young coleworts.
SPRUCE
SPRUCE, adjective Nice; trim; neat without elegance or dignity; formerly applied to things with a serious meaning; now applied to persons only.He is so spruce that he never can ...
SPRUCE-BEER
SPRUCE-BEER, noun A kind of beer which is tinctured with spruce, either by means of the essence or by decoction.
SPRUCELY
SPRUCELY, adverb With extreme or affected neatness.
SPRUCENESS
SPRUCENESS, noun Neatness without taste or elegance; trimness; fineness; quaintness.
SPRUE
SPRUE, noun1. A matter formed in the mouth in certain diseases.2. In Scotland, that which is thrown off in casting metals; scoria.
SPRUG
SPRUG, verb transitive To make smart. [Not in use.]
SPRUNG
SPRUNG, preterit tense and participle passive of spring. The man sprung over the ditch; the mast is sprung; a hero sprung from a race of kings.
SPRUNT
SPRUNT, verb intransitive To spring up; to germinate; to spring forward. [Not in use.]
SPRUNTLY
SPRUNTLY, adverb Vigorously; youthfully; like a young man. [Not in use.]
SPRY
SPRY, adjective Having great power of leaping or running; nimble; active; vigorous. [This word is in common use in New England, and is doubtless a contraction of sprig. See Spri...
SPUD
SPUD, noun1. A short knife. [Little used.]2. Any short thing; in contempt.3. A tool of the fork kind, used by farmers.SPUD, verb transitive To dig or loosen the earth with a spu...
SPUME
SPUME, noun [Latin] Froth; foam; scum; frothy matter raised on liquors or fluid substances by boiling, effervescence or agitation.SPUME, verb intransitive To froth; to foam.
SPUMESCENCE
SPUMESCENCE, noun Frothiness; the state of foaming.
SPUMOUS
SPUMOUS, SPUMY, adjective [Latin] Consisting of froth or scum; foamy.
SPUMY
SPUMOUS, SPUMY adjective [Latin] Consisting of froth or scum; foamy.The SPUMY waves proclaim the watry war.The spumous and florid state of the blood.
SPUN
SPUN, preterit tense and participle passive of spin.
SPUN-HAY
SPUN-HAY, noun Hay twisted into ropes for convenient carriage on a military expedition.
SPUN-YARN
SPUN-YARN, noun Among seamen, a line or cord formed of two or three rope yarns twisted.
SPUNGE
SPUNGE, noun [Latin, Gr.]1. A porous marine substance, found adhering to rocks, shells, etc. Under water, and on rocks about the shore at low water. It is generally supposed to ...
SPUNGED
SPUNGED, participle passive Wiped with a spunge; wiped out; extinguished.
SPUNGER
SPUNGER, noun One who uses a spunge; a hanger on.