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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Spruce \Spruce\, a. [Compar. {Sprucer}; superl. {Sprucest}] [Perhaps fr. spruce a sort of leather from Prussia, which was an article of finery. See {Spruce}, n.] 1. Neat, without elegance or dignity; -- formerly applied to things with a serious meaning; now chiefly applied to persons. [bd]Neat and spruce array.[b8] --Remedy of Love. 2. Sprightly; dashing. [Obs.] [bd]Now, my spruce companions.[b8] --Shak. He is so spruce that he can never be genteel. --Tatler. Syn: Finical; neat; trim. See {Finical}. -- {Sruce"ly}, adv. -- {Spruce"ness}, n. | |
