dial. [? f. Sussex dial. sprug adj., smart, spruce: cf. SPRIG a.] trans. To deck or dress up smartly; to make smart or trim.
1622. T. Stoughton, Chr. Sacrif., xv. 214. Some daintie Dames, euen sprugd vp of nothing, that are so long in dressing and attiring themselues in the morning.
1847. Halliw., Sprug up, to dress neatly. Sussex.
1875. Parish, Sussex Dial., 112. Sprug, to smarten.
