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Water flying in small drops or particles, as by the force of wind, or the dashing of waves, or from a waterfall; water or other liquid broken up into small particles and driven (as by an atomizer) along by a current of air or other gas. Winds raise some of the salt with the spray.
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A set of castings fed from a common runner, to which they are still attached by the smaller channels or sprues, and resembling a branch with twigs and leaves.
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A branch of a tree with its branchlets, especially when slender and graceful; also, twigs, or such branches collectively; a stem of flowers or leaves; a sprig.
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An orchard; a grove.
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A binding-stick for thatching.
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Any ornament, pattern, or design in the form of a branch or sprig: as, a spray of diamonds; an embroidered spray.
To throw in the form of spray; let fall as spray; scatter in minute drops or particles.
To sprinkle with fine drops; dampen by means of spray, as of perfume, or of some adhesive liquid used to preserve drawings and the like.
To discharge or scatter a liquid in the form of spray: as, the instrument will either spout or spray.
To protect (cultivated plants) from insect enemies and vegetable parasites by covering them with a spray which has a toxic effect, upon the animal or vegetable organisms.