Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make smart.
- To dress neatly: generally with up.
- noun The sparrow, Passer domesticus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To make smart.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To make
smart .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Aweel, said the postilion, it might be saeI canna say against it, for I was not in the country at the time; but John Wilson was a blustering kind of chield, without the heart of a sprug.
Chapter XI 1917
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'Aweel,' said the postilion, 'it might be sae, I canna say against it, for I was not in the country at the time; but John Wilson was a blustering kind of chield, without the heart of a sprug.'
Guy Mannering — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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a blustering kind of chield, without the heart of a sprug. '
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801
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a blustering kind of chield, without the heart of a sprug. '
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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Wilson was a blustering kind of chield, without the heart of a sprug.’
Guy Mannering 1815
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