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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Sprue

/(sprṳ)/ · IPA /spɹuː/
01 n. Strictly, the hole through which melted metal is poured into the gate, and thence into the mold.
  1. 1.
    Strictly, the hole through which melted metal is poured into the gate, and thence into the mold.(Founding)
  2. 2.
    Same as Sprew.(Med.) See: Sprew