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  1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    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. [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]

  2.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Spray \Spray\ (spr[=a]), 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]

  3.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Spray \Spray\, 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]