Category:Sprag

Sprag, n. Etym: [cf. Icel. spraka a small flounder.] (zoöl.)

Defn: a young salmon. [prov. Eng.]

Sprag Sprag, n. Etym: [see spray a branch.]

Defn: a billet of wood; a piece of timber used as a prop.

Sprag Sprag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spragged; p. pr. & vb. n. Spragging.]

1. To check the motion of, as a carriage on a steep grade, by putting A sprag between the spokes of the wheel. R. S. Poole.

2. To prop or sustain with a sprag.

Sprag Sprag, a.

Defn: see sprack, a. Shak.