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noun

Sprag n. (Zool.) A young salmon. (Prov. Eng.)

Sprag n. A billet of wood; a piece of timber used as a prop.

verb

Sprag v. t. (past & past part. spragged; pres. part. spragging)

To check the motion of, as a carriage on a steep grade, by putting a sprag between the spokes of the wheel.

To prop or sustain with a sprag.

adjective

Sprag adj. See Sprack, a.

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Etymology of 'Sprag'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Sprag" Quotes from Famous Books

... billet; fagot; wand; cane, staff, walking-stick; club, cudgel; goad, gad; gambrel, garrot, ferule, skewer, batlet; stake; boomerang, woomerah; stab, thrust; maul-stick; sprag; ...

— Putnam's Word Book • Louis A. Flemming

... were trim and sprag, and patent, and pleased the survivors of Thames Ditton above the old mumpsimus of "Afflictions sore." ... To do justice, though, it must be owned that even the excellent feeling which dictated this dirge ...

— The Best Letters of Charles Lamb • Charles Lamb

... the epitaphs were trim, and sprag, and potent, and pleased the survivors of Thames-Ditton above the old Mumpsimus ...

— Highways and Byways in Surrey • Eric Parker

... were trim, and sprag, and potent, and pleased the survivors of Thames-Ditton above the old ...

— Highways and Byways in Surrey • Eric Parker

... just for the joy of watching you floundering 'midst deep waters. Of course, you chose the right channel. I knew you would, but it's a treat to see your elephantine struggles. For all that, it's a sheer impossibility that you should guess who put a sprag in the wheel of Hilton's chariot. Give you three ...

— The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley • Louis Tracy