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1662 Court Rec. 22 Nov. in J. H. Trumbull Public Rec. Colony Connecticut (1850) I. 402 We..haue run the due cross line at the end, which line runs on the South side of a spruse swamp.

1742 W. Ellis 2nd Pt. Timber-tree Improved 82 Sew them with Thread of Spruce-roots.

1784 M. Cutler Jrnl. 23 July in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) I. 101 Our ax-men..built us a very comfortable tent with spruce bark.

1862 Chambers's Encycl. IV. 334/1 The true Spruce Rosin flows spontaneously from the bark.

1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise i. 171 Then with their melancholy sound The odorous spruce woods met around.

1872 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 152 A mountain thickly covered with pine and spruce timber.

1939 Sun (Baltimore) 11 Feb. 20/2 Enrollees of the Civilian Conservation Corps will be attired in new uniforms..of ‘forest’ or ‘spruce’ green.

1974 W. Condry Woodlands ii. 20 American oaks..provide much-needed colour along the edges of sombre spruce plantations.

2010 Jrnl. Design Hist. 23 357 The curtains and upholstery were embroidered with a spare geometric design of sprouting spruce branches.

2013 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 7 Feb. l2 We originally collected the materials ourselves from the woods, including the bark and the spruce gum used to seal it.