5 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sprag \Sprag\, n. [Cf. Icel. spraka a small flounder.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A young salmon. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sprag \Sprag\, n. [See {Spray} a branch.]
A billet of wood; a piece of timber used as a prop.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sprag \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sprag \Sprag\, a.
See {Sprack}, a. --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
sprag
n 1: a chock or bar wedged under a wheel or between the spokes to
prevent a vehicle from rolling down an incline
2: a wooden prop used to support the roof of a mine [syn: {pitprop}]
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