spray
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| 1. | water or other liquid broken up into minute droplets and blown, ejected into, or falling through the air. |
| 2. | a jet of fine particles of liquid, as medicine, insecticide, paint, perfume, etc., discharged from an atomizer or other device for direct application to a surface. |
| 3. | a liquid to be discharged or applied in such a jet. |
| 4. | an apparatus or device for discharging such a liquid. |
| 5. | a quantity of small objects, flying or discharged through the air: a spray of shattered glass. |
| 6. | to scatter in the form of fine particles. |
| 7. | to apply as a spray: to spray an insecticide on plants. |
| 8. | to sprinkle or treat with a spray: to spray plants with insecticide. |
| 9. | to direct a spray of particles, missiles, etc., upon: to spray the mob with tear gas. |
| 10. | to scatter spray; discharge a spray: The hose sprayed over the flowers. |
| 11. | to issue as spray: The water sprayed from the hose. |
1615–25; < earlier D spraeyen; c. MHG spræjen

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Spray
Spray\ (spr>amac/), n. [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. [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.Cite This Source
spray (v.)
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Main Entry: spray
Function: transitive verb
: to disperse among a number of recipients
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Main Entry: 1spray
Pronunciation: 'sprA
Function: noun
: a jet of vapor or finely divided liquid; specifically : a jet of finemedicated vapor used as an application to a diseased part or to charge the air of a room with a disinfectant or deodorant
Main Entry: 2spray
Function: intransitive verb
: to emit a stream or spray of urine spray to mark its territory>
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spray (sprā)
n.
A fine jet of liquid discharged from a pressurized container. v. sprayed, spray·ing, sprays
To disperse a liquid in a jet of droplets.
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spray networking
A Unix command that sends packets to a host and reports performance statistics. The number of packets, delay between packets and packet length can all be specified. The spray command uses the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) protocol to send a one-way stream of packets to the sprayd daemon on the given host. With the "-i" option, spray uses the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) instead of RPC. Normally these will be echoed automatically, creating a return stream.
Unix manual page: spray(1M).
(2007-03-12)
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