spry n OED spray sb2: spry(e) (1621-1818). Fine drops of water blown from the tops of waves; spray.
1937 DEVINE 65 Contempt for a boasting but indifferent fellow fisherman is thus expressed: 'I'd drown 'en with the spry of me nippers.' T 141/68-652 I used to chew when I used to knock around a schooner, specially when I was steerin'. It was blowin' an' spry an, stuff like that; I'd put in a chew then.
