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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPRUNT

v.i.To spring up; to germinate; to spring forward. [Not in use. ]

SPRUNTLY

adv. Vigorously; youthfully; like a young man. [Not in use. ]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SPRUNT

Sprunt, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Sprout, v. i.]

Defn: To spring up; to germinate; to spring forward or outward. [Obs. ] To sprunt up, to draw one's self up suddenly, as in anger or defiance; to bristle up. [Local, U.S.]

SPRUNT

SPRUNT Sprunt, n.

1. Anything short and stiff. [Obs. ]

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

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

SPRUNT

SPRUNT Sprunt, a.

Defn: Active; lively; vigorous. [Obs. ] Kersey.

SPRUNTLY

SPRUNTLY Sprunt "ly, adv.

Defn: In a sprunt manner; smartly; vigorously; youthfully. [Obs. ] B. Jonson.