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Webster 1913 Edition


Spray

Spray

(sprā)
,
Noun.
[Cf. Dan.
sprag
. See
Sprig
.]
1.
A small shoot or branch; a twig.
Chaucer.

Syn. – sprig.
The painted birds, companions of the spring,
Hopping from
spray
to
spray
, were heard to sing.
Dryden.
And from the trees did lop the needless
spray
.
Spenser.
3.
(Founding)
(a)
A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal in all parts of the mold.
(b)
A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches.
Knight.
Spray drain
(Agric.)
,
a drain made by laying under earth the sprays or small branches of trees, which keep passages open.

Spray

,
Noun.
[Probably from a Dutch or Low German form akin to E.
spread
. See
Spread
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
Water flying in small drops or particles, as by the force of wind, or the dashing of waves, or from a waterfall, and the like.
2.
(Med.)
(a)
A jet of fine medicated vapor, used either as an application to a diseased part or to charge the air of a room with a disinfectant or a deodorizer.
(b)
An instrument for applying such a spray; an atomizer.
Spray condenser
(Steam Engine)
,
an injection condenser in which the steam is condensed by a spray of water which mingles with it.

Spray

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To let fall in the form of spray.
[Poetic]
M. Arnold.
2.
To throw spray upon; to treat with a liquid in the form of spray;
as, to
spray
a wound, or a surgical instrument, with carbolic acid
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Spray

SPRAY

,
Noun.
[probably allied to sprig. The radical sense is a shoot.]
1.
A small shoot or branch; or the extremity of a branch. Hence in England, spray faggots are bundles of small branches, used as fuel.
2.
Among seamen, the water that is driven from the top of a wave in a storm, which spreads and flies in small particles. It differs from spoon-drift; as spray is only occasional, whereas spoon-drift flies continually along the surface of the sea.