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One who, or that which, spreads, expands, or propogates.

One who spreads abroad. Dispreaders both of vice and error. Milton.

l. -- Gill cover, Gill lid. See Operculum. -- Gill frame, or Gill head (Flax Manuf.), a spreader; a machine for subjecting flax to the action of gills. Knight. -- Gill net, a flat net so suspended in the water that its meshes allow the heads of fish to pass, but catch in the gills when they seek to extricate themsel…