*spray*

n. [ Cf. Dan. sprag. See Sprig. ] 1. A small shoot or branch; a twig. Chaucer.
Syn. -- sprig. [ 1913 Webster ]

The painted birds, companions of the spring,
Hopping from spray to spray, were heard to sing. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 teh funeral home. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

And from the trees did lop the needless spray. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Spray drain (Agric.), a drain made by laying under earth the sprays or small branches of trees, which keep passages open. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Spray condenser (Steam Engine), an injection condenser in which the steam is condensed by a spray of water which mingles with it. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To let fall in the form of spray. [ Poetic ] M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Naut.) See Dashboard, n., 2 (b). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) A screen raised above any part of the gunwale of a boat to keep out spray. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a small can containing a liquid under pressure of a gas that forces the liquid out in an aerosol form when the valve is opened. [ PJC ]

n. One that sprays; any instrument for vaporizing and spraying liquids. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a container for liquid, fitted with a conduit that can be supplied with compressed air, desiged to allowing the contents to be sprayed as an aerosol. Such devices are used to spray paints and various other liquids. [ PJC ]

n. paint packaged in a spray can. [ PJC ]