† spruntingn.1
Obsolete.
An act or the action of moving convulsively; twitching, writhing.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > [noun] > spasmodic movement or twitching
twitching1478
twitch1575
sprunting1647
orgasm1671
quetching1676
catching1700
snatching1822
quirk1826
1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (Rev. xii. 8) 539 Their late utmost endeavours..were but as the last spruntings, or bitter-bites of dying beasts.
1680 J. Hinckley Fasciculus Literarum 44 The playing and sprunting of a Fish, when it is strucken with an Hook.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019).
spruntingn.2
/ˈsprʌntɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsprən(t)ɪŋ/, Scottish English /ˈsprʌntɪŋ/, /ˈsprʌntɪn/ Scottish. Now rare.
Courting, wooing; an instance of this.
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the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > [noun]
wooingc1000
wouhlechec1230
wouhlechunga1250
love work?a1300
love-druryc1300
love playc1390
suitc1475
lovemakinga1500
loveshipc1500
suiting1568
courtship1600
courting1607
suitoringa1640
amouring1675
sparking1804
sprunting1823
lovering1848
twosing1940
1823 J. Kennedy Poems & Songs 44 To a laft amang some hay; Like others i' the splunting way.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Spruntin', Spluntin', the act of running as above described [i.e. among the stacks after the girls at night].
a1917 E. C. Smith Mang Howes & Knowes (1925) 14 The seams an ploys o grit-folk an Royalties; ther splunteens an ther mairryeens.
1938 ‘M. Innes’ Lament for Maker (2001) ix. 54 Beer at the Arms and gossip in the kitchens and maybe a bit sprunting about exhaust the attractions of the place.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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