What is sprightly; dashing. [Obs.] "Now, my spruce companions." Shak. He is so spruce that he can never be genteel. Tatler. See Finical. -- Sruce"ly, adv. -- Spruce"ness, n called?
spruce — Sprightly; dashing. [Obs.] "Now, my spruce companions." Shak. He is so spruce that he can never be genteel. Tatler. See Finical. -- Sruce"ly, adv. -- Spruce"ness, n. (Webster's 1913.)
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