Obs. rare. Also sprut(t. [? Cf. Norw. spruta (Da. blæksprutte) cuttle-fish.] Some kind of fish.
c. 1340. Durh. Acc. Rolls (Surtees), 36. In j sprutt et merling empt., xxjd. Ibid., 37. iiij kyling, j sprut, iijs. iijd. Ibid. xxx keling, j leng, j sprout, et vij kodeling.
