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Teut. _spreng-en_, spargere, variare.

~Spraing'd~, ~Spraingit~, _part. adj._ Striped, streaked, S.

_Journal Lond._

SPRAT, SPREAT, SPRETT, SPRIT, _s._ Jointed-leaved rush, S. _sprot_, S.

B.

Isl. _sproti_, a reed.

_Lightfoot._

~Spritty~, _adj._ Full of _sprats_, S.

_Burns._

_To_ SPRATTLE, _v. n._ To scramble, S.

_J. Nicol._

Belg. _spartel-en_, to shake one's legs to and fro.

SPRECKL'D, _adj._ Speckled, S.

Su. G. _sprecklot_, id.

_Ferguson._

SPREE, _s._ Innocent merriment,

_Loth._

Fr. _esprit_, spirit, vivacity.

SPREE, _adj._ Trim, gaudy, spruce, S.

Sw. _spraeg_, formosus.

_A. Douglas._

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