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Spray \Spray\ (spr[=a]), n. [Cf. Dan. sprag. See {Sprig}.]
1. A small shoot or branch; a twig. --Chaucer.
Syn: sprig.
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The painted birds, companions of the spring,
Hopping from spray to spray, were heard to sing.
--Dryden.
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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.
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And from the trees did lop the needless spray.
--Spenser.
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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.
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{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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