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▪ I. ˈspraying, vbl. n. [f. spray v.4] The action of dispersing as, or sprinkling with, spray; concr. a liquid used as a spray.
1891Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. 853 Paris green, used as a spraying for destruction of orchard caterpillars. 1894Board of Agric. Circular No. 10. 3 The solution was made to penetrate the soil by frequent sprayings. 1896E. G. Lodeman (title), The Spraying of Plants..for..destroying Insects. attrib.1884Knight Dict. Mech. Suppl. 846/2 Spraying Machine, a machine..to irrigate growing cotton plants with wet poison to destroy the cotton caterpillar. ▪ II. ˈspraying, ppl. a. [f. as prec.] Casting up or scattering spray.
1877Talmage Serm. 49 With rolling rivers..and spraying fountains. 1879H. Drummond in G. A. Smith Life (1899) 161 Green, foaming, spraying, roaring river. |