Spray

n. [A-S. sprec, a twig, branch, Icel. sprek, id., O. H. Ger. spraioh, twigs, from sprâhhôn, to cut. Cf. SPRIG.]

1. A small shoot or branch; a branch of a tree; a twig. “Two foot-growing sprays.” Shak.
2. A collective body of small branches; as, the tree has a beautiful spray.

n. [A-S. sprēgan, to pour, geondsprêgan, to pour through, D. spreijen, spreiden, to sprinkle, M. H. Ger. sprouwen, sprewen, to sprinkle, wet.]

1. Water flying in small drops or particles, as by the force of wind, or the dashing of waves, or of a waterfall, and the like.
2. (Founding.) A side channel of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal in all parts of the mold.