Sprunt

Sprunt
Sprunt Sprunt, n. 1. Anything short and stiff. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

2. A leap; a spring. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]

3. A steep ascent in a road. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]


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