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.
{Spray condenser} (Steam Engine) an injection condenser in
which the steam is condensed by a spray of water which
mingles with it.
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.
The painted birds, companions of the spring, Hopping
from spray, were heard to sing. --Dryden.
2. A collective body of small branches; as, the tree has a
beautiful spray.
And from the trees did lop the needless spray.
--Spenser.
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.
{Spray drain} (Agric.), a drain made by laying under earth
the sprays or small branches of trees, which keep passages
open.