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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spruce \Spruce\, a. [Compar. {Sprucer}; superl. {Sprucest}]
[Perhaps fr spruce a sort of leather from Prussia, which was
an article of finery. See {Spruce}, n.]
1. Neat, without elegance or dignity; -- formerly applied to
things with a serious meaning; now chiefly applied to
persons. ``Neat and spruce array.'' --Remedy of Love.
2. Sprightly; dashing. [Obs.] ``Now, my spruce companions.''
--Shak.
He is so spruce that he can never be genteel.
--Tatler.
Syn: Finical; neat; trim. See {Finical}. -- {Sruce"ly}, adv
-- {Spruce"ness}, n.
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