In 6 spranck(e. [perh. f. PRANK v.4, but mod. dial. a good sprank ‘a fair quantity’ is associated with sprank ‘a sprinkling.’] A show or display.
1568. T. Howell, Arb. Amitie (1879), 48. Where oft the flouds doe floe vpon the beaten banck; Their sandes debarre the grasse to groe, to spread his Aprill spranck.
1581. J. Bell, Haddon’s Answ. Osor., 416 b. Besides a number of old notable men and no small sprancke of the newer sort also.
