sprunt
English
Etymology
Compare sprout.
Verb
sprunt (third-person singular simple present sprunts, present participle sprunting, simple past and past participle sprunted)
Noun
sprunt (plural sprunts)
- (obsolete) any short, stiff object.
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book I, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 35:
- "As for that little sprunt piece of the Brain which they call the Conarion..."
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book I, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 35:
- (obsolete, UK, dialect) A leap; a spring.
- A steep ascent in a road.
Adjective
sprunt (comparative more sprunt, superlative most sprunt)
- (obsolete) Active; lively; vigorous.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Kersey to this entry?)