2. A machine for combining and drawing fibers of flax to form a sliver preparatory to spinning.
SPREADINGLY
Spread"ing*ly
Defn: , adv. Increasingly.
The best times were spreadingly infected. Milton.
SPRECHERY
Sprech"er*y, n. Etym: [Cf. Gael. spreidh catle.]
Defn: Movables of an inferior description; especially, such as have been collected by depredation. [Scot]
SPREE Spree, n. Etym: [Cf. Ir. spre a spark, animation, spirit, Gael. spraic. Cf. Sprack.]
Defn: A merry frolic; especially, a drinking frolic; a carousal.
[Colloq.]
SPRENGE Sprenge, v. t. Etym: [OE. sprengen, p.p. sprent, spreint, from AS. sprengen to sprinkle. See Sprinkle.]
Defn: To sprinkle; to scatter. [Obs.] Wyclif (1 Pet. i. 2).
SPRENGEL PUMP
Spreng"el pump`. (Physics)