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Entry 5 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Sprag

/(sprăg)/ · IPA /spræɡ/
01 n. A young salmon.
  1. 1.
    A young salmon.(Zool.) [Prov. Eng.]
02 n. A billet of wood; a piece of timber used as a prop.
  1. 1.
    A billet of wood; a piece of timber used as a prop.
03 v. t. To check the motion of, as a carriage on a steep grade, by putting a sprag between the spokes of the wheel.
imp. & p. p. Spragged; p. pr. & vb. n. Spragging
  1. 1.
    To check the motion of, as a carriage on a steep grade, by putting a sprag between the spokes of the wheel.
  2. 2.
    To prop or sustain with a sprag.
04 a. See Sprack, a.
  1. 1.
    See Sprack, a. See: Sprack