Vocabulary : Sprain to Spray

Sprain : To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation; as, to sprain one's ankle. ;; The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining; as, a bad sprain of the wrist.
Sprained : of Sprain
Spraining : of Sprain
Spraints : The dung of an otter.
Sprang : imp. of Spring. ;; of Spring

Sprat : A small European herring (Clupea sprattus) closely allied to the common herring and the pilchard; -- called also garvie. The name is also applied to small herring of different kinds. ;; A California surf-fish (Rhacochilus toxotes); -- called also alfione, and perch.
Sprawl : To spread and stretch the body or limbs carelessly in a horizontal position; to lie with the limbs stretched out ungracefully. ;; To spread irregularly, as vines, plants, or tress; to spread ungracefully, as chirography. ;; To move, when lying down, with awkward extension and motions of the limbs; to scramble in creeping.
Sprawled : of Sprawl
Sprawling : of Sprawl
Spray : A small shoot or branch; a twig. ;; A collective body of small branches; as, the tree has a beautiful spray. ;; A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal in all parts of the mold. ;; A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches. ;; Water flying in small drops or particles, as by the force of wind, or the dashing of waves, or from a waterfall, and the like. ;; A jet of fine medicated vapor, used either as an application to a diseased part or to charge the air of a room with a disinfectant or a deodorizer. ;; An instrument for applying such a spray; an atomizer. ;; To let fall in the form of spray. ;; To throw spray upon; to treat with a liquid in the form of spray; as, to spray a wound, or a surgical instrument, with carbolic acid.

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