Definition of spruce

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Spruce (n.) Neat, without elegance or dignity; -- formerly applied to things with a serious meaning; now chiefly applied to persons..

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Spruce :: Spruce (v. t.) To dress with affected neatness; to trim; to make spruce.
Smart :: Smart (v. i.) Pretentious; showy; spruce; as, a smart gown..
Frankincense :: Frankincense (n.) A fragrant, aromatic resin, or gum resin, burned as an incense in religious rites or for medicinal fumigation. The best kinds now come from East Indian trees, of the genus Boswellia; a commoner sort, from the Norway spruce (Abies excelsa) and other coniferous trees. The frankincense of the ancient Jews is still unidentified..
Thus :: Thus (n.) The commoner kind of frankincense, or that obtained from the Norway spruce, the long-leaved pine, and other conifers..
Spruce :: Spruce (a.) The wood or timber of the spruce tree.
Spruce :: Spruce (a.) Any coniferous tree of the genus Picea, as the Norway spruce (P. excelsa), and the white and black spruces of America (P. alba and P. nigra), besides several others in the far Northwest. See Picea..
Nitid :: Nitid (a.) Gay; spruce; fine; -- said of persons.
Natty :: Natty (a.) Neat; tidy; spruce.
Sprucing :: Spruced (imp. & p. p.) of Spruc.
Compt :: Compt (a.) Neat; spruce.
Nitty :: Nitty (a.) Shining; elegant; spruce.
Picked :: Picked (a.) Fine; spruce; smart; precise; dianty.
Smicker :: Smicker (v.) Amorous; wanton; gay; spruce.
Gemminess :: Gemminess (n.) The state or quality of being gemmy; spruceness; smartness.
Pinus :: Pinus (n.) A large genus of evergreen coniferous trees, mostly found in the northern hemisphere. The genus formerly included the firs, spruces, larches, and hemlocks, but is now limited to those trees which have the primary leaves of the branchlets reduced to mere scales, and the secondary ones (pine needles) acicular, and usually in fascicles of two to seven. See Pine..
Smerky :: Smerky (a.) Smart; jaunty; spruce. See Smirk, a..
Sprue :: Spruce (v. i.) To dress one's self with affected neatness; as, to spruce up..
Abies :: Abies (n.) A genus of coniferous trees, properly called Fir, as the balsam fir and the silver fir. The spruces are sometimes also referred to this genus..
Gimp :: Gimp (a.) Smart; spruce; trim; nice.
Jemminess :: Jemminess (n.) Spruceness.
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