Spray (?), n. [Cf. Dan. sprag. See Sprig.]
1.
A small shoot or branch; a twig.
Chaucer.
The painted birds, companions of the spring,
Hopping from spray, were heard to sing.
Dryden.
2.
A collective body of small branches; as, the tree has a beautiful spray.
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.
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Spray, n. [probably from a Dutch or Low German form akin to E. spread. See Spread, v. 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.
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Spray, v. 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.
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