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Webster 1913 Edition

Sprag

Sprag

(sprăg)
,
Noun.
[Cf. Icel.
spraka
a small flounder.]
(Zool.)
A young salmon.
[Prov. Eng.]

Sprag

,
Noun.
[See
Spray
a branch.]
A billet of wood; a piece of timber used as a prop.

Sprag

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Spragged
(sprăgd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Spragging
(-gĭng)
.]
1.
To check the motion of, as a carriage on a steep grade, by putting a sprag between the spokes of the wheel.
R. S. Poole.
2.
To prop or sustain with a sprag.

Sprag

,
Adj.
See
Sprack
,
Adj.
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sprag

SPRAG

,
Adj.
Vigorous; sprightly. [Local.] [Note. In America, this word is, in popular language, pronounced spry, which is a contraction of spright, in sprightly.]

SPRAG

,
Noun.
A young salmon. [Local.]

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