Sprunt (?), v. i. [Cf. Sprout, v. 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.]

 

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Sprunt, n.

1.

Anything short and stiff.

[Obs.]

2.

A leap; a spring.

[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

3.

A steep ascent in a road.

[Prov. Eng.]

 

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Sprunt, a.

Active; lively; vigorous.

[Obs.]

Kersey.

 

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