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English Dictionary: Spray by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spray
n
  1. a pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for spraying
  2. a quantity of small objects flying through the air; "a spray of bullets"
    Synonym(s): spray, spraying
  3. flower arrangement consisting of a single branch or shoot bearing flowers and foliage
  4. a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist
    Synonym(s): atomizer, atomiser, spray, sprayer, nebulizer, nebuliser
  5. water in small drops in the atmosphere; blown from waves or thrown up by a waterfall
  6. a jet of vapor
v
  1. be discharged in sprays of liquid; "Water sprayed all over the floor"
  2. scatter in a mass or jet of droplets; "spray water on someone"; "spray paint on the wall"
  3. cover by spraying with a liquid; "spray the wall with paint"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Spray, OR (town, FIPS 69450)
      Location: 44.83202 N, 119.79332 W
      Population (1990): 149 (84 housing units)
      Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 97874
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