SPRUNT

v. n. a.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

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.]

2.
n.

Anything short and stiff. [Obs.]

3.
n.

A leap; a spring. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

4.
n.

A steep ascent in a road. [Prov. Eng.]

5.
a.

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

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