Sprag (?), n. [Cf. Icel. spraka a small flounder.] Zool.
A young salmon.
[Prov. Eng.]
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Sprag, n. [See Spray a branch.]
A billet of wood; a piece of timber used as a prop.
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Sprag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spragged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Spragging (?).]
1.
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.
2.
To prop or sustain with a sprag.
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Sprag, a.
See Sprack, a.
Shak.
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