Category:Spray

Spray, n. Etym: [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.

Spray Spray, n. Etym: [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, 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.