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Definition of Sprays
1. spray [v] - See also: spray
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sprays
Literary usage of Sprays
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Red Cross Text-book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick by Jane A. Delano, Isabel McIsaac (1918)
"The ordinary fountain syringe hanging for months by a dirty string on a hook in
the bath room is an unpleasant and generally an unclean object. sprays and ..."
2. Coal Mining in Arkansas by Alvin Arthur Steel (1910)
"Water sprays. On warm and very dry days, the air of a mine should be moistened only
... For this purpose a few sprays of water will be sufficient. ..."
3. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1909)
"The first paper this morning is "sprays and Their Application," by WH Volck.
I will explain in behalf of Mr. Volck that he is the county entomologist of two ..."
4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"The peach foliage is very sensitive to caustic sprays, however, ... Copper sprays,
such as bordeaux, are dangerous to use on peach foliage in humid climates ..."
5. Farm and Garden Rule-book: A Manual of Ready Rules and Reference with by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1911)
"The following named weeds may be eradicated or largely subdued in cereal grain
fields through the use of chemical sprays: False-flax, worm-seed mustard, ..."
6. Inorganic Plant Poisons and Stimulants by Winifred Elsie Brenchley (1914)
"In practice, copper has proved remarkably efficient as a fungicide when applied
as sprays in the form of Bordeaux mixture to infested plants and trees. ..."
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