[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

spruce \spruce\ sprudds, n. oe. spruce or pruse, prussia,
   prussian. so named because it was first known as a native of
   prussia, or because its sprouts were used for making, spruce
   beer. cf. spruce beer, below, spruce, a.
   1. bot. any coniferous tree of the genus picea, as the
      norway spruce picea excelsa, and the white and black
      spruces of america picea alba and picea nigra,
      besides several others in the far northwest. see picea.
      1913 webster

   2. the wood or timber of the spruce tree.
      1913 webster

   3. prussia leather; pruce. obs.
      1913 webster

            spruce, a sort of leather corruptly so called for
            prussia leather.                      --e. phillips.
      1913 webster

   douglas spruce bot., a valuable timber tree pseudotsuga
      douglasii of northwestern america.

   essence of spruce, a thick, dark-colored, bitterish, and
      acidulous liquid made by evaporating a decoction of the
      young branches of spruce.

   hemlock spruce bot., a graceful coniferous tree tsuga
      canadensis of north america. its timber is valuable, and
      the bark is largely used in tanning leather.

   spruce beer. g. sprossenbier; sprosse sprout, shoot akin
      to e. sprout, n. + bier beer. the word was changed into
      spruce beer because the beer came from prussia oe.
      spruce, or because it was made from the sprouts of the
      spruce. see sprout, n., beer, and cf. spruce, n. a
      kind of beer which is tinctured or flavored with spruce,
      either by means of the extract or by decoction.

   spruce grouse. zool. same as spruce partridge, below.
      

   spruce leather. see spruce, n., 3.

   spruce partridge zool., a handsome american grouse
      dendragapus canadensis found in canada and the
      northern united states; -- called also canada grouse.
      1913 webster
see also:
spruce picea picea excelsa picea alba picea nigra douglas spruce 
pseudotsuga douglasii essence of spruce hemlock spruce tsuga canadensis spruce beer 
sprout beer spruce grouse spruce partridge spruce leather 
dendragapus canadensis canada grouse 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

spruce \spruce\ sprudds, a. compar. sprucer
   sprudd"s~er; superl. sprucest sprudd"se^st.
   perhaps fr. spruce a sort of leather from prussia, which was
   an article of finery. see spruce, n.
   1. neat, without elegance or dignity; smart; trim; --
      formerly applied to things with a serious meaning; now
      chiefly applied to persons. "neat and spruce array."
      --remedy of love.
      1913 webster

   2. sprightly; dashing. obs. "now, my spruce companions."
      --shak.
      1913 webster

            he is so spruce that he can never be genteel.
                                                  --tatler.
      1913 webster

   syn: finical; neat; trim. see finical.
        1913 webster -- spruce"ly, adv. -- spruce"ness, n.
        1913 webster
see also:
sprucer sprucest spruce finical spruce"ly spruce"ness 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

spruce \spruce\, v. t. imp.  p. p. spruced spruddst; p.
   pr.  vb. n. sprucing sprudd"si^ng.
   to dress with affected neatness; to trim; to make spruce; --
   often used with up; as, to spruce up the house for company.
   1913 webster
see also:
spruced sprucing 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

spruce \spruce\, v. i.
   to dress one's self with affected neatness; as, to spruce up.
   1913 webster

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

spruce
     adj : marked by smartness in dress and manners; "a dapper young
           man"; "a jaunty red hat" syn: dapper, dashing, jaunty,
            natty, raffish, rakish, smart, spiffy, snappy
     n 1: light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used
          especially for timbers and millwork
     2: any coniferous tree of the genus picea
     v 1: make neat, smart, or trim; "spruce up your house for
          spring"; "titivate the child" syn: spruce up, titivate,
           tittivate, smarten up, slick up, spiff up
     2: dress and groom with particular care, as for a special
        occasion; "he spruced up for the party" syn: spruce up,
         slick up, smarten up
see also:
dapper dashing jaunty natty raffish rakish 
smart spiffy snappy spruce up titivate 
tittivate smarten up slick up spiff up 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

78 moby thesaurus words for "spruce":
   anal, bandbox, bowdlerized, braw, chic, classy, clean up, cleaned,
   cleaned up, cleansed, clothes-conscious, cosmopolitan, dapper,
   dashing, dinky, doggy, dressed to advantage, dressed to kill,
   dressed up, elegant, en grande tenue, endimanche, expurgated,
   exquisite, genteel, gussied up, in full dress, in full feather,
   in high feather, in tails, jaunty, modish, natty, neat, nifty,
   nobby, posh, primp, purged, purified, recherche, refined, reformed,
   ritzy, sassy, sharp, shipshape, sleek, slick, slicked up, smart,
   smarten up, smug, snazzy, snug, soigne, soignee, sophisticated,
   spiffy, spruce up, straighten out, straighten up, style-conscious,
   stylish, swank, swanky, swell, tidy, tidy up, tight, titivate,
   tricksy, trig, trim, well turned-out, well-cared-for, well-dressed,
   well-groomed

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

spruce, mi
  zip codes: 48762

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