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Spray   /spreɪ/   Listen
noun
Spray  n.  
1.
A small shoot or branch; a twig.
Synonyms: sprig. "The painted birds, companions of the spring, Hopping from spray to spray, were heard to sing."
2.
A collective body of small branches, or cut flowers with long stems; as, the tree has a beautiful spray; many sprays were sent in condolence to teh funeral home. "And from the trees did lop the needless spray."
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.
Spray drain (Agric.), a drain made by laying under earth the sprays or small branches of trees, which keep passages open.


Spray  n.  
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.


verb
Spray  v. t.  
1.
To let fall in the form of spray. (Poetic)
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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"Spray" Quotes from Famous Books



... among the most striking scenes in the island, it is the termination of the Undercliff, and of a character the very reverse of Shanklin; for all here is terrific grandeur—without a green spray or scarcely a tuft of verdure to soften its savage aspect. It differs also from that sylvan spot, in being much more lofty, abrupt, and irregular: though it does not penetrate the land so far. Both have their respective admirers: this for its awful ...
— Brannon's Picture of The Isle of Wight • George Brannon
... autumn of last year I visited Lu Shan[6] for the first time. Reaching a point between the Eastern Forest and Western Forest Temples, beneath the Incense-Burner Peak, I was enamoured by the unequalled prospect of cloud-girt waters and spray-clad rocks. Unable to leave this place, I built a cottage here. Before it stand ten tall pines and a thousand tapering bamboos. With green creepers I fenced my garden; with white stones I made bridge and path. Flowing waters encircle my home; flying spray falls between ...
— More Translations from the Chinese • Various
... come through plenty of beautiful scenery, but the rich verdure and beauty of the palms, ferns, and other foliage-growths, watered as they were by the soft hazy spray that came from the mighty falls, was beyond anything they had yet seen, and fully justified Mr Rogers' remark, ...
— Off to the Wilds - Being the Adventures of Two Brothers • George Manville Fenn
... tossed up into most remarkable heaps, suggesting greater heights in the clouds than there were depths below them. . . There had been a wind all day; and it was rising then with an extraordinary great sound . . . Long before we saw the sea, its spray was on our lips . . . The water was out over the flat country, and every sheet and puddle lashed its banks, and had its stress of little breakers. When we came within sight of the sea, the waves ...
— Hearts of Controversy • Alice Meynell
... to start them; and other Mormons riding alongside, yelled at them, and used their whips. The wagon bowled into the water with a tremendous splash. We were wet through before we had gone twenty feet. The plunging horses were lost in yellow spray; the stream rushed through the wheels; the Mormons yelled. I wanted to see, but was lost in a veil of yellow mist. Jones yelled in my ear, but I could not hear what he said. Once the wagon wheels struck a stone or ...
— The Last of the Plainsmen • Zane Grey


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