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Spouter
(Spout"er) n. One who, or that which, spouts.
Spoutfish
(Spout"fish) n. (Zoöl.) A marine animal that spouts water; — applied especially to certain
bivalve mollusks, like the long clams which spout, or squirt out, water when retiring into their holes.
Spoutless
(Spout"less), a. Having no spout. Cowper.
Spoutshell
(Spout"shell`) n. (Zoöl.) Any marine gastropod shell of the genus Apporhais having an
elongated siphon. See Illust. under Rostrifera.
Sprack
(Sprack) a. [Cf. Icel. sprækr sprightly, dial. Sw. spräk, spräg, spirited, mettlesome; or Gael. spraic
vigor.] Quick; lively; alert. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Sprad
(Sprad) obs. p. p. of Spread. Chaucer.
Spradde
(Sprad"de) obs. imp. of Spread. Chaucer.
Sprag
(Sprag) n. [Cf. Icel. spraka a small flounder.] (Zoöl.) A young salmon. [Prov. Eng.]
Sprag
(Sprag), n. [See Spray a branch.] A billet of wood; a piece of timber used as a prop.
Sprag
(Sprag), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spragged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Spragging ]
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
(Sprag), a. See Sprack, a. Shak.
Sprain
(Sprain) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sprained ; p. pr. & vb. n. Spraining.] [OF. espreindreto press,
to force out, F. épreindre, fr. L. exprimere. See Express, v. t., and cf. Spraints.] To weaken, as a
joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch
injuriously, but without luxation; as, to sprain one's ankle.
Sprain
(Sprain), n. The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining; as, a bad sprain of the
wrist.
Sprain fracture (Med.), the separation of a tendon from its point of insertion, with the detachment of a
shell of bone to which the tendon is attached.
Spraints
(Spraints) n. pl. [OF. espraintes, espreintes, F. épreintes from espreinte a desire to go to
stool, from espreindre. See Sprain, v. t.] The dung of an otter.
Sprang
(Sprang) imp. of Spring.
Sprat
(Sprat) n. [OE. sprot, sprotte, D. sprot; akin to G. sprotte.] (Zoöl.) (a) A small European herring
(Clupea sprattus) closely allied to the common herring and the pilchard; — called also garvie. The name
is also applied to small herring of different kinds. (b) A California surf-fish (Rhacochilus toxotes); —
called also alfione, and perch.
