spreading machine

Cotton- manufact .: A machine in which cotton is formed into a continuous band ready for carding. spreading-oven, s. [FLATTENING-FURNACE.] spreading-plate, s. [FLATTING-HEARTH.] spread-Ing-lý, adv. [ Eng.spreading; -ly.] In a spreading manner, increasingly. "The best times were spreadingly infected."- Milton : Reform. in England , bk. i. boil, boy; pout, jowl; cat, cell, chorus, 239 spright ( gh silent), subst. [A corrupt spelling of sprite (q. v.).] *1. A spirit, a shade, a soul; an incorporeal agent. "And forth hecald out of deepe darkne dredd, Legions of sprights ." - Spenser: F. Q., I. 1. 38. †2. An elf, goblin, or fairy; a sprite. "In likene of a page appeared a spright." Hoole: Orlando Furioso, bk. ii. *3. Power which gives cheerfulne or courage; spirit. "See, he gathers up his spright And begins to hunt for life." Beaum. & Flet.: The Faithful Shepherde , iv. 1. *4. Mood, disposition or condition of mind, tem IMG:content-0100.png:[blocks in formation] *5. An arrow. spright *spright ( gh silent), v. t. [SPRIGHT, subst .) To haunt, as with a spright. "I am sprighted with a fool." Shakesp.: Cymbeline , ii. 3. *spright-ful ( gh silent), adj . [Eng. spright; •ful(1).] Sprightly, lively, brisk, gay, nimble, vigor ous. "Venus, redre a wrong that's done By that young sprightful boy, thy son." Cartwright: To Venus. *spright-fül-lỹ ( gh silent), adv . [Eng.spright ful; ly . In a sprightful or sprightly manner; briskly, vigorously, with spirit. "Norfolk, sprightfully and bold, Stays but the summons of the appellant's trumpet." Shakesp.: Richard II ., i. 3. *spright-fül-ne ( gh silent), s. [Eng.sprightful; -ne .] The quality or state of being sprightful; sprightline , liveline .