Spray
Spray (sprā) , noun
[Compare Danish sprag. See Sprig.]
1.
A small shoot or branch; a twig. — Chaucer
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 the funeral home.
And from the trees did lop the needless spray.
3.
(a) (Founding) A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal in all parts of the mold.
(b)
(Founding) A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches. — Knight
Collocations (1)
Spray drain (Agriculture) , a drain made by laying under earth the sprays or small branches of trees, which keep passages open.
Spray , noun
[Probably from a Dutch or Low German form akin to English spread. See Spread, transitive verb]
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.
(a) (Medicine) 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)
(Medicine) An instrument for applying such a spray; an atomizer.
Collocations (1)
Spray condenser (Steam Engine) , an injection condenser in which the steam is condensed by a spray of water which mingles with it.
Spray , transitive verb
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.