SPRAG

n. v. a.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A young salmon. [Prov. Eng.]

2.
n.

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

3.
v.

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

4.
v.

To prop or sustain with a sprag.

5.
a.

See Sprack, a. Shak.


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