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sprayey en · ADJ

Etymology

From spray + -ey.

Meanings

1. Full of spray.
   • […] the open sea, whose blue bounding waters, lashed by the innumerable oars, spread in a sprayey path for a mile behind them. 1865, The Dublin University Magazine:
2. Branching.
   • Their unsuspicious temper makes them not over careful in concealing their nest, it being built on a sprayey part of a horizontal branch of a tree, about 8 ft. or 10 ft. from the ground. 1832, Magazine of Natural History:

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