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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPRAINTS

n.The dung of an otter.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SPRAINTS

Spraints, n. pl. Etym: [OF. espraintes, espreintes, F. épreintes from espreinte a desire to go to stool, from espreindre. See Sprain, v. t.]

Defn: The dung of an otter.

New American Oxford Dictionary

spraint

spraint |spreɪnt |(also spraints ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] the droppings of an otter. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French espreintes, from espraindre ‘squeeze out ’, based on Latin exprimere ‘to express ’.

Oxford Dictionary

spraint

spraint |spreɪnt |(also spraints ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] the droppings of an otter. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French espreintes, from espraindre ‘squeeze out ’, based on Latin exprimere ‘to express ’.