Sprunt


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(sprŭnt)
v. i.1.To spring up; to germinate; to spring forward or outward.
To sprunt up
to draw one's self up suddenly, as in anger or defiance; to bristle up.
n.1.Anything short and stiff.
2.A leap; a spring.
3.A steep ascent in a road.
a.1.Active; lively; vigorous.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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