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Definition of Sprays
Spray Spray 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.
Spray Spray 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.
Spray Spray Spray (spr>amac/), 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.
