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Webster 1913 Edition


Sprunt

Sprunt

(sprŭnt)
,
Verb.
I.
[Cf.
Sprout
,
Verb.
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

,
Noun.
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

,
Adj.
Active; lively; vigorous.
[Obs.]
Kersey.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sprunt

SPRUNT

,
Verb.
I.
To spring up; to germinate; to spring forward. [Not in use.]