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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spry  \Spry\,  a.  [Compar.  {Sprier}  or  {Spryer};  superl.  {Spriest} 
  or  {Spryest}.]  [Cf.  dial.  Sw  sprygg  lively,  skittish,  and  E. 
  sprag.] 
  Having  great  power  of  leaping  or  running;  nimble;  active. 
  [U.S.  &  Local  Eng.] 
 
  She  is  as  spry  as  a  cricket.  --S.  Judd 
  (Margaret). 
 
  If  I'm  not  so  large  as  you  You  are  not  so  small  as  I, 
  And  not  half  so  spry.  --Emerson. 




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