Defn: To dress with affected neatness; to trim; to make spruce.
SPRUCE
Spruce, v. i.
Defn: To dress one's self with affected neatness; as, to spruce up.
SPRUE
Sprue, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
1. (Founding) (a) Strictly, the hole through which melted metal is poured into the gate, and thence into the mold. (b) The waste piece of metal cast in this hole; hence, dross.
2. (Med.)
Defn: Same as Sprew.
SPRUG Sprug, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Prov. E. sprug up to dress neatly, sprag to prop, a., lively.]
Defn: To make smart. [Obs.]
SPRUNG
Sprung,