▪ I. sprug, n. Sc. and north. dial.
Also sproug, sprog.
[Of obscure origin: the form spug (with variant spyug) is also common in Sc. and Eng. dial.]
A sparrow.
| 1815 Scott Guy M. xi, John Wilson was a blustering kind of chield, without the heart of a sprug. 1886– in Eng. Dial. Dict. |
▪ II. sprug, v. dial.
[? f. Sussex dial. sprug adj., smart, spruce: cf. sprig a.]
trans. To deck or dress up smartly; to make smart or trim.
| 1622 T. Stoughton Chr. Sacrif. xv. 214 Some daintie Dames, euen sprugd vp of nothing, that are so long in dressing and attiring themselues in the morning. 1847 Halliw., Sprug up, to dress neatly. Sussex. 1875 Parish Sussex Dial. 112 Sprug, to smarten. |