| 释义 |
† sprunking, vbl. n. Obs.
[f. Du. pronken or G. prunken: cf. prec.]
Personal adornment or beautifying. Also attrib. in sprunking glass.
1690Evelyn Mundus Muliebris 6 The Pocket Sprunking Looking-Glass. Ibid. 19 The Table, Toilet, or Pocket Sprunking-Glass. 1694N. H. Ladies Dict. 12 A Sprunking Glass, this sprunking is a Dutch word, the first as we hear of that Language, that ever came in fashion with Ladies. |