imp. & p. p. of Spin. [ 1913 Webster ]

Spun hay, hay twisted into ropes for convenient carriage, as on a military expedition. --
Spun silk, a cheap article produced from floss, or short-fibered, broken, and waste silk, carded and spun, in distinction from the long filaments wound from the cocoon. It is often mixed with cotton. --
Spun yarn (Naut.), a line formed of two or more rope-yarns loosely twisted. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A sponge. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gael. spong, or Ir. sponc, tinder, sponge; cf. AS. sponge a sponge (L. spongia), spōn a chip. Cf. Sponge, Punk. ] [ Written also sponk. ] 1. Wood that readily takes fire; touchwood; also, a kind of tinder made from a species of fungus; punk; amadou. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An inflammable temper; spirit; mettle; pluck; as, a man of spunk. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A lawless and dangerous set, men of spunk, and spirit, and power, both of mind and body. Prof. Wilson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Spunkier superl. Spunkiest. ] Full of spunk; quick; spirited. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]