Sprad, sprad (Spens.). Same as Spread.
Sprag, sprag, n. a piece of wood used to lock a wheel: a punch-prop in mining.—v.t. to prop, or to stop, by a sprag.
Sprag, sprag, n. (prov.) a young salmon.
Spraich, sprāh, n. (Scot.) a shriek, cry.—v.i. to shriek.
Spraid, sprād, adj. (prov.) chapped with cold.—Also Sprayed.
Sprain, sprān, v.t. to overstrain the muscles of a joint.—n. a term employed in surgery to designate a violent stretching of tendinous or ligamentous parts with or without rupture of some of their fibres. [O. Fr. espreindre (Fr. épreindre), to press—L. exprimĕre, to press out.]
Spraint, sprānt, n. the dung of an otter.
Sprang, pa.t. of spring.
Sprangle, sprang′gl, v.i. to sprawl, struggle.
Sprat, sprat, n. a fish of the family Clupeidæ, like the herring, but much smaller.—n. Sprat′-weath′er, the dark days of November and December. [Dut. sprot; Ger. sprotte.]