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Spraying   /sprˈeɪɪŋ/   Listen
Spraying

noun
1.
The dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft).  Synonym: crop-dusting.
2.
A quantity of small objects flying through the air.  Synonym: spray.
3.
The application of a liquid in the form of small particles ejected from a sprayer.


Spray

verb
1.
Be discharged in sprays of liquid.
2.
Scatter in a mass or jet of droplets.  "Spray paint on the wall"
3.
Cover by spraying with a liquid.



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"Spraying" Quotes from Famous Books



... Paris green for the currant worm until the fruit sets. Hellebore is good, but it is difficult to get it of good strength; use it for all late spraying. ...
— Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) • L. H. Bailey
... Otherwise, infection may be carried into the ear passages or the cavities communicating with the nose and give rise to serious trouble. When suffering from a cold, gauze or cheese-cloth should be used instead of a handkerchief and burned after use. Sneeze into the gauze, and thus avoid spraying infection ...
— How to Live - Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science • Irving Fisher and Eugene Fisk
... directed; and I have found that if the worms were kept off until the fruit began to ripen, the danger was practically over. If I had to use hellebore after the fruit was fit to use, I should first kill the worms, and then cleanse the bushes thoroughly by spraying them ...
— The Home Acre • E. P. Roe
... of the hall, the King came in from the field for a look at the morning's telegrams. He had been out since long before daybreak, and was covered with rain and mud. He shook himself vigorously, spraying everybody with raindrops, and then stopped to speak to us before going in for a cup of coffee and a look ...
— A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium • Hugh Gibson
... the Bed Clothing and Clothes.—The surest way is to boil them for half an hour; otherwise they may be left in the room while it is being disinfected. Spraying the clothes with a spray of formaldehyde is an effective ...
— The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.) - A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies • Grant Hague


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