spray work

A method of decoration in which sprays and ferns are fastened on the material to be treated, over which marking-ink, liquid Indian ink or sepia, is sprinkled by means of a fine-bristled tooth-brush dipped into the coloring matter and then rubbed lightly to and fro acro the large teeth of a dre ing-comb. sprây, v. t. [SPRAY (1), 8.] To let fall in the form of spray. ( Ann andale.) *sprāy-ey, a . [Eng. spray (2), s.; -ey.] Full of sprays or twigs; laden with sprays or twigs. spreach-er-ỹ ( ch guttural), 8. [SPRECHERY.] spread, *sprede, *sprad (past tense * sprad , *spradde, spread, spred , * spredde , pa. par. * sprad , spread, *spred), v . t . & i . [A. S.sprædan =to extend, to spread out; cogn. with Dut.spreiden =to spread, to scatter; Low Ger. spreden, spreën, sprein; Ger. spreiten; Danish sprede ; Sw. sprida ; Sw. dial. spritu .] A. Transitive : 1. To extend in length and breadth, or in breadth only; to stretch or expand out to a broader sur face. (2 Samuel xxi. 10.) 2. To open, to unfurl; to stretch or extend out. (Shakesp.: Much Ado , ii. 3.) *3. To scatter, to disperse; to cause to disperse. "Was neuer in alle his lyue ther fadere ore so glad, Als whan he sauh his sons tuo, the paiens force to Robert de Brunne, p. 18. sprad." 4. To scatter over a large surface; to strew. "The spreading of mucke, and mingling with it the mold of a land."-P. Holland: Pliny, bk. xvii., ch. ix. 5. To cover by extending something over; to overspread. ( Isaiah xl. 19.) 6. To extend over, to cover; to overspread. "Of plate of golde a berde he had, The whiche his brest al' ouer spradd ." Gower. C. A. , v. 7. To extend; to shoot to a greater length in every direction; to reach out, to put forth, to stretch out. (1 Kings viii. 54.) 8. To divulge, to publish; to cause to be more widely or extensively known, as news or fame; to di eminate. ( Matthew ix. 31.) "They, when departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country." - Matthew ix. 31. 9. To propagate; to cause to affect greater numbers. "The risk of spreading the disease by the agency of the blood."- Field , Feb. 12, 1887. 10. To emit, to diffuse, to give out, as emanations or effluvia. 11. To set and furnish with provisions; as, to spread a table. Usually followed in most of its senses by abroad , up , over , or some other preposition. IMG:content-0096.png:[blocks in formation] itself, or cheerfulne is diffused throughout the company. To spread is to extend to an indefinite width; to circulate is to spread within a circle; thus news spreads through a country; but a story circulates in a village, or from house to house, or a report is circulated in the neighborhood. Spread and circulate are the acts of persons or things; propagate and di eminate are the acts of persons only. ( Crabb .) spread, s. [SPREAD, v.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. The act of spreading: the state of being spread; extent, compa , diffusion, di emination; as, the spread of knowledge. IMG:content-0097.png:[blocks in formation] spright spreagh ( gh guttural), sprěath, subst. [Irish and Gael. spreidh =cattle.] Cattle; hence, prey, booty. ( Scotch.) "Ye had better stick to your auld trade o' theft-boot, black-mail, spreaghs ."-Scott: Rob Roy , ch. xxiii. spreagh-er-le, spreach-er-ý, sprěch-er-le, sprěch-er-ỹ ( gh , ch guttural), subst . [SPREAGH.] Cattle-lifting, prey-driving; small spoil; paltry booty of small articles. ( Scotch .) "It is unspeakable the quantity of usele spreachery which they have collected on their march." - Scott: Waverley, ch. xli. spreat, s. [SPRAT (2).] sprěck-led (led as eld), adject. [SPECKLED.] Speckled, spotted. ( Scotch.)