Word Meanings - SPRUCE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Any coniferous tree of the genus Picea, as the Norway spruce , and the white and black spruces of America (P. alba and P. nigra), besides several others in the far Northwest. See Picea. 2. The wood or timber of the spruce tree. 3. Prussia leather;

Additional info about word: SPRUCE

Any coniferous tree of the genus Picea, as the Norway spruce , and the white and black spruces of America (P. alba and P. nigra), besides several others in the far Northwest. See Picea. 2. The wood or timber of the spruce tree. 3. Prussia leather; pruce. Spruce, a sort of leather corruptly so called for Prussia leather. E. Phillips. Douglas spruce , a valuable timber tree of Northwestern America. -- Essence of spruce, a thick, dark-colored, bitterish, and acidulous liquid made by evaporating a decoction of the young branches of spruce. -- Hemlock spruce , a graceful coniferous tree (Tsuga Canadensis) of North America. Its timber is valuable, and the bark is largely used in tanning leather. to E. sprout, n.) + bier beer. The word was changed into spruce because the beer came from Prussia , or because it was made from the sprouts of the spruce. See Sprout, n., Beer, and cf. spruce, either by means of the extract or by decoction. -- Spruce grouse. Same as Spruce partridge, below. -- Spruce leather. See Spruce, n., 3. -- Spruce partridge , a handsome American grouse (Dendragapus Canadensis) found in Canada and the Northern United States; -- called also Canada grouse. (more info) because it was first known as a native of Prussia, or because its sprouts were used for making, spruce beer. Cf. Spruce beer, below,

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SPRUCE)

• Dapper
• Spruce
• neat
• natty
• smart
• Finical
• Affected
• over nice
• dandyish
• dallying
• foppish
• spruce
• factitious
• euphuistic
• Smart
• Keen
• pungent
• piercing
• quick
• vigorous
• sharp
• severe
• active
• clever
• brilliant
• vivacious
• witty
• ready
• brisk
• fresh
• dressy
• showy
• Tidy
• Neat
• orderly
• clean
• cleanly
• tight

Related words: (words related to SPRUCE)

• CLEANSABLE
  Capable of being cleansed. Sherwood.
• CLEAN-CUT
  See CLEAR-CUT
• DAPPER
  Little and active; spruce; trim; smart; neat in dress or appearance; lively. He wondered how so many provinces could be held in subjection by such a dapper little man. Milton. The dapper ditties that I wont devise. Spenser. Sharp-nosed, dapper steam
• SHARPLY
  In a sharp manner,; keenly; acutely. They are more sharply to be chastised and reformed than the rude Irish. Spenser. The soldiers were sharply assailed with wants. Hayward. You contract your eye when you would see sharply. Bacon.
• AFFECTATIONIST
  One who exhibits affectation. Fitzed. Hall.
• TIGHTENER
  That which tightens; specifically , a tightening pulley.
• CLEANNESS
  1. The state or quality of being clean. 2. Purity of life or language; freedom from licentious courses. Chaucer.
• SHARPER
  A person who bargains closely, especially, one who cheats in bargains; a swinder; also, a cheating gamester. Sharpers, as pikes, prey upon their own kind. L'Estrange. Syn. -- Swindler; cheat; deceiver; trickster; rogue. See Swindler.
• SMARTWEED
  An acrid plant of the genus Polygonum , which produces smarting if applied where the skin is tender.
• FRESHNESS
  The state of being fresh. The Scots had the advantage both for number and freshness of men. Hayward. And breathe the freshness of the open air. Dryden. Her cheeks their freshness lose and wonted grace. Granville.
• FRESHET
  1. A stream of fresh water. Milton. 2. A flood or overflowing of a stream caused by heavy rains or melted snow; a sudden inundation. Cracked the sky, as ice in rivers When the freshet is at highest. Longfellow.
• AFFECTION
  Disease; morbid symptom; malady; as, a pulmonary affection. Dunglison. 7. The lively representation of any emotion. Wotton. 8. Affectation. "Spruce affection." Shak. 9. Passion; violent emotion. Most wretched man, That to affections
• CLEANING
  1. The act of making clean. 2. The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc. Gardner.
• DALLY
  trifle, talk nonsense, OSw. tule a droll or funny man; or AS. dol 1. To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle. We have trifled too long already;
• AFFECTIBILITY
  The quality or state of being affectible.
• QUICKBEAM
  See TREE
• BRISK
  1. Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action; lively; spirited; quick. Cheerily, boys; be brick awhile. Shak. Brick toil alternating with ready ease. Wordworth. 2. Full of spirit of life; effervescas, brick
• CLEANLINESS
  State of being cleanly; neatness of person or dress. Cleanliness from head to heel. Swift.
• AFFECTIVELY
  In an affective manner; impressively; emotionally.
• VIGOROUS
  1. Possessing vigor; full of physical or mental strength or active force; strong; lusty; robust; as, a vigorous youth; a vigorous plant. Famed for his valor, young, At sea successful, vigorous and strong. Waller. 2. Exhibiting strength, either
• SELF-ACTIVE
  Acting of one's self or of itself; acting without depending on other agents.
• CHYLIFACTIVE
  Producing, or converting into, chyle; having the power to form chyle.
• COUNTERACTIVE
  Tending to counteract.
• DIVEDAPPER
  A water fowl; the didapper. See Dabchick.
• WINDTIGHT
  So tight as to prevent the passing through of wind. Bp. Hall.
• ENQUICKEN
  To quicken; to make alive. Dr. H. More.
• WATER-TIGHT
  So tight as to retain, or not to admit, water; not leaky.
• OVERAFFECT
  To affect or care for unduly. Milton.
• MISAFFECT
  To dislike.
• SUPERFINICAL
  Extremely finical.
• UNCLEAN
  1. Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy. 2. Ceremonially impure; needing ritual cleansing. He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. Num. xix. 11. 3. Morally impure. "Adultery of the heart, consisting of inordinate