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Spoutfish
n.
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A marine animal that spouts water; -- applied especially to certain bivalve mollusks, like the long clams (Mya), which spout, or squirt out, water when retiring into their holes.
Spoutless
a.
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Having no spout.
Spoutshell
n.
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Any marine gastropod shell of the genus Apporhais having an elongated siphon. See Illust. under Rostrifera.
Sprack
a.
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Quick; lively; alert.
Sprad
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p. p. of Spread.
Spradde
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imp. of Spread.
Sprag
n.
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A young salmon.
Sprag
n.
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A billet of wood; a piece of timber used as a prop.
Spragged
imp. & p. p.
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Spragging
p. pr. & vb. n.
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Sprag
v. t.
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To check the motion of, as a carriage on a steep grade, by putting a sprag between the spokes of the wheel.
Sprag
v. t.
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To prop or sustain with a sprag.
Sprag
a.
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See Sprack, a.
Sprained
imp. & p. p.
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of Sprain
Spraining
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Sprain
Sprain
v. t.
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To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation; as, to sprain one's ankle.
Sprain
n.
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The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining; as, a bad sprain of the wrist.
Spraints
v. t.
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The dung of an otter.
Sprang
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imp. of Spring.
Sprat
n.
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A small European herring (Clupea sprattus) closely allied to the common herring and the pilchard; -- called also garvie. The name is also applied to small herring of different kinds.
Sprat
n.
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A California surf-fish (Rhacochilus toxotes); -- called also alfione, and perch.
Sprawled
imp. & p. p.
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Sprawling
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Sprawl
Sprawl
v. i.
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To spread and stretch the body or limbs carelessly in a horizontal position; to lie with the limbs stretched out ungracefully.
Sprawl
v. i.
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To move, when lying down, with awkward extension and motions of the limbs; to scramble in creeping.
Srawls
n. pl.
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Small branches of a tree; twigs; sprays.
Spray
n.
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A small shoot or branch; a twig.
Spray
n.
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A collective body of small branches; as, the tree has a beautiful spray.
Spray
n.
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A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal in all parts of the mold.
Spray
n.
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A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches.