sprayer 
cities or fungicides to plants, consisting of a 
pneumatic or hydraulic force-pump and a suit- 
able reservoir and discharge-nozle or spray-tip. 
sprayey 1 (spra'i), a. [< spray* + -ei/.] Form- 
ing or resembling sprays, as of a tree or plant ; 
branching. 
Heaths of many a gorgeous hue . . . and ferns that 
would have overtopped u tall horseman mingled their 
sprayey leaves with the wild myrtle and the arbutus. 
Lever, Davenport Dunn, hiii. 
sprayey' 2 (spra'i), a. [< xpniy? + -ey.J Con- 
sisting of liquid spray. 
This view, sublime as it is, only whets your desire to 
stand below, and see the river, with its sprayey crest shin- 
ing against the sky, make but one leap from heaven to hell. 
B. Taylor, Northern Travel, p. 357. 
spraying-machine (spra'ing-ma-shen 1 "), it. 
bame as sprayer. 
spray-instrument (spra'in"stro-ment), M. In 
med., an instrument for producing and diffusing 
spray, or for the application of liquids in the 
form of spray; an atomizer. 
spray-nozle (spra'noz"!), n. An attachment 
for the nozle of a hose which serves to project 
liquid insecticides and fungicides in the form 
of a fine spray. 
spreach, spreacherie, spreachery. See spreagh, 
tpreagksry. 
spread (spred), v.; pret. and pp. spread, ppr. 
spreading. [< ME. spreden (pret. spredde, 
spradde, sprcdd, spred, pp. spredd, spred, sprad, 
y-sprad), < AS. sprMdan = D. spreiden, spreijen, 
= MLG. spreden, spreiden, LG. spreden, spreen, 
spreien = OHG. spreitan, MHG. G. spreiten = 
Norw. spreida, dial, spreie = Dan. sprede, ex- 
tend, spread; causal of the more orig. verb 
MHG. spriten, spriden = Sw. sprida, spread; 
cf. Icel. sprita, sprawl. Not_ connected, as is 
often said, with broad (AS. brsedan, make broad, 
etc.).] I. trans. 1. To scatter; disperse; rout. 
Was neuer in alle his lyue ther fadere ore so glad 
Als whan he sauh his sons tun the paiens force to sprad. 
Rob. of Bntnne, p. 18. 
I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the hea- 
ven, saith the Lord. Zech. ii. 6. 
2. To distribute over a surface as by strewing, 
sprinkling, smearing, plastering, or overlaying. 
Eche man to pleye with a plow, pykoys, or spade, 
Spynne, or sprede donge, or spille hym-self with sleuthe. 
Fieri Plowman (ii), iii. 308. 
He carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm 
trees, . . . and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon 
the palm trees. 1 Kl. vi. 32. 
3. To flatten out; stretch or draw out into a 
sheet or layer. 
Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and 
gold from Uphaz. Jer. x. 9. 
In other places similar igneous rocks are spread out in 
sheets which are intercalated between the sedimentary 
strata. E. W. Streeter, Precious Stones, p. 65. 
4. To extend or stretch out to the full size ; un- 
fold; display by unfolding, stretching, expand- 
ing, or the like. 
The saisnes com faste ridinge with haner sprad, and were 
moo than fifty thousande. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), it 248. 
A parcel of a field where he had spread his tent. 
Gen. xxxiif. 19. 
Some species, as the meadow lark, have a habit of spread- 
ing the tail at almost every chirp. Amer. Nat., XXII. 202. 
5. To lay or set out ; outspread ; display, as 
something to be viewed in its full extent. 
With orchard, and with gardeyne, or with mede, 
Se that thyne hous with hem be umviroune, 
The side in longe upon the south thou gprede. 
Palladium, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 13. 
To spread the earth before him, and commend . . . 
Its various parts to his attentive note. 
Camper, Tirocinium, 1. 640. 
6. To reach out; extend. 
Bot jit he sprange and sprente, and spraddene his armes. 
And one the spere lenghe spekes, he spekes thire wordes. 
Marie Arthwe (E. E. T. S.), 1. 331. 
One while he spred his armes him fro, 
One while he spred them nye. 
Sir Catiline (Child's Ballads, III. 174). 
Rose, as in dance, the stately trees, and spread 
Their branches hung with copious fruit. 
Milton, P. L., vii. 324. 
7. To send out in all directions ; scatter or shed 
abroad ; disseminate ; diffuse ; propagate. 
Great fear of my name 'mongst them was spread. 
Shak., 1 Hen. VI., L 4. 50. 
The hungry sheep . . . 
Bot inwardly, and foul contagion spread. 
Milton, Lycidas, L 127. 
And all the planets, in their turn, 
Confirm the tidings as they roll, 
And spread the truth from pole to pole. 
Addison, Ode, Spectator, No. 465. 
On this blest age 
Oh spread thy influence, but restrain thy rage. 
Pope, Dunciad, iii. 122. 
5861 
8. To overspread ; overlay the surface of. 
The workman melteth a graven image, and the cold- 
smith spreadeth it over with gold. Isa. xl. r.> 
Bich tapestry spread the streets. 
Dryden, 1'al. and Arc., iii. 1U4. 
Hence 9. To cover or equip in the proper 
manner; set; lay: as, to spread a table. 
The boordcs were spred in righte litle space, 
The ladies sate eche as hem seined best. 
Political I'oems, etc. (ed. 1'urnlvall), p. 55. 
10. To set forth ; recount at full length ; hence, 
in recent use, to enter or record. 
If Dagon be thy god, 
Go to his temple, . . . spread before him 
How highly it concerns his glory now 
To frustrate and dissolve these magick spells. 
Milton, S. A., 1. 1147. 
The resolutions, which the [Supreme] Court ordered 
spread on the minutes, expressed the profound loss which 
the members of the bar felt. 
New York Tribune, Dec. 16, 1890. 
11. To push apart : as, the weight of the train 
spread the rails To spread one's self, to take ex- 
traordinary and generally conspicuous pains ; exert one's 
self to the utmost that something may appear well. [Slang, 
U.S.] 
We dispatched Cullen to prepare adinner. He had prom- 
spreader 
6. Capacity for spreading or stretching. 
Skins dressed by this process, . . . it is claimed, are made 
soft, pliable, and with elasticity or spr,',i,l. 
C. T. Uacix, Leather, p. 558. 
7. That whichis spread or Mt Out, M on Stable; 
ameal; a feast; especially, a meal, more or less 
elaborate, given to a select party. [Colloq.] 
We had such a spread for breakfast as th' Queen hersel 
might ha' Bitten down to. Mrs. (Jaskell, Mary Barton, ix. 
Alter giving one sjiread, 
With fiddling and masques, at the Sara-en's Head. 
llarham, Ingoldsby Legends, II. 61. 
8. A cloth used for a covering, as of a table 
or bed; a coverlet. [U. S.] 9. The privilege 
of demanding shares of stock at a certain price, 
or of delivering shares of stock at another price, 
within a certain time agreed on. 10. A sad- 
dle. Tuft's Glossary of Thieves' Jargon (1798). 
[Cant.] 11. Among lapidaries, a stone vvliieli 
has a largo surface in proportion to its thick- 
ness. 12. In sool., the measure from tip to tip 
of the spread wings, as of a bat, a bird, or an in- 
sect; the expanse or extent. 13. In math., a, 
continuous manifold of points : thus, space is 
a three-way spread Cone of spread. 
WedispatchedCullentoprepareadinner. Hehadnrom- . . 
ised, to use his own expression, to spread himself m the Spread (spred), p. a. [< ME. spred, i,prad, pp. 
preparation of this meal. 
Hammond, Wild Northern Scenes, p. 266. (Bartlett.) 
= Syn. 7. To scatter, circulate, publish. 
ii, intrans. 1. To become scattered or dis- 
tributed. 
As soone as the saisnes were logged thei gpredde a-brode 
in the contrey to forry, and euer brente and distroied as 
thei wente. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 272. 
2f. To stretch one's self out, especially in a 
horizontal position. 
Ther he mihte wel sprxdc on his feire hude [hide], 
Layamon, 1. 14203. 
3. To be outspread; hence, to have great 
breadth ; be broad. 
The cedar . . . 
Whose top-branch overpeer'd Jove's spreading tree. 
Shak., 3 Hen. VI., T. 2. 14. 
Plants which, if they spread much, are seldom tall. 
Bacon, Nat. Hist., 354. 
4. To become extended by growth or expan- 
sion ; increase in extent ; expand ; grow. 
Glory is like a circle in the water, 
Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself 
Till by broad spreading it disperse to nought. 
Shak., 1 Hen. VI., i. 2. 13.'. 
Spread upward till thy boughs discern 
The front of Sumner-place. 
Tennyson, Talking Oak. 
The streams run yellow, 
Burst the bridges, and spread into bays. 
R. W. Wider, Early Autumn. 
5. To be extended by communication or prop- 
agation ; become diffused ; be shed abroad. 
This speche sprang in that space & spradde alle aboute. 
Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), iii. 565. 
Lest his infection, being of catching nature, 
Spread further. Shak., Cor., iii. 1. 811. 
His renown had spread even to the coffee-houses of Lon- 
don and the cloisters of Oxford. 
Macaulay, Hist. Eng., vi. 
6. To be pushed apart, as the rails of a car- 
track. 7. To set a table; lay the cloth or 
dishes for a meal. 
of spredd, .] 1. Extended in area; having a 
broad surface ; broad. 
Tho wurthen waxen so wide and spred, 
Pride and giscinge [desire] of louerd hed. 
Genesis and Exodus (E. E. T. 8.), 1. 831. 
Of stature spread and straight, his armes and hands 
delectable to behold. 
Heywood, Hierarchy of Angels, p. 302. 
2. Shallower than the standard; having insuf- 
ficient depth or thickness for the highest luster: 
said of a gem. 
The other Spinel was also an octagon shaped stone, of 
perfect color, very spread, and free from flaws. 
E. W. Streeter, Precious Stones, p. 158. 
Spread eagle, (a) See eagle. (b) Naut., a sailor or other 
person lashed in the rigging or elsewhere with arms and 
legs outspread : a form of punishment, (c) In cookery, a 
fowl split open down the back and broiled. Q. Macdonald, 
Warlock o' Ulenwarlock, xiv. (d) In the language of the 
stock exchange, a straddle. [Colloq.] 
Spread Eagle is where a broker buys a certain stock at 
seller's option, and sells the same at seller's option within 
a certain time, on the chance that both contracts may run 
the full time and he gain the difference. 
Biddle, On Stock Brokers, p. 74. 
Spread harmony. See harmony, 2 (d). spread win- 
dow-glass. Same as broad glass (which see, under broad). 
spread-eagle (spred'e'gl), a. [< spread eagle : 
see spread and ea(j\e.~\ Having the form or 
characteristics of a spread eagle, or of the 
kind of display so called; hence, ostentatious; 
bombastic ; boastful : as, a spread-eagle oration. 
See spread eagle, under eagle. 
A kind of spread-eagle plot was hatched, with two heads 
growing out of the same body. 
Dryden, Postscript to the History of the League, II. 469. 
We Yankees are thought to be fond of the spread-eagle 
style. Lowell, Study Windows, p. 375. 
Spread-eagle orchid. See Onddium. 
spread-eagle (spred'e'gl), v. t. [< spreadeagle.\ 
To. stretch out m the attitude of a spread eagle. 
[Rare.] 
Decapitated carcases of cod as well as haddock and 
ling, which are included under the name of stockfish 
may be seen spread-eagled across transverse sticks to dry. 
JT. and Q., 7th ser., IV. 278. 
Dromio, go bid the servants spread for dinner. 
Shak., C. of E., ii. 2. 189. 
Spreading globe-flower, a plant, Trollius laxu*, grow- spread-eagleism (spred'e y gl-izm), . [< 'spread- 
ing in swamps in the northeastern United States: it lit- eagle + -tat.] Vainglorious spirit as shown in 
tie resembles the true globe-flower in appearance, its opinion, action, or speech; ostentation; bom- 
sepals being spreading, and of a greenish-yellow or nearly bagt; egpec i al i y in tne display of patriotism or 
white color. 
spread (spred), . [< spread, t'.] 1. The act 
of spreading or extending; propagation; dif- 
fusion : as, the spread of knowledge. 
national vanity. 
When we talk of spread-eagleism, we are generally think- 
ing of the United States. 
Fortnightly Rev., N. S., XLI. 330. 
Jo flower hath that kind of * th. woodbine spreader (spred >e r ), . [< spread + -!.] 1. 
_ m , ,.,. ..,.. One who or that which spreads, (a) One who or 
2. The state, condition, quality, or capability that whfch expand , outspreads, or spreads abroad. See 
of being outspread; expansion: as, the tail of 
the peacock has an imposing spread. 3. The 
amount of extension or expansion, especially in 
surface ; expanse ; breadth ; compass. 
These naked shoots . . . 
Shall put their graceful foliage on again, 
And more aspiring, and with ampler spread, 
Shall boast new charms, and more than they have lost. 
Conper, Task, vi. 145. 
spread, v. i. 
If their child be not such a speedy spreader and 
brancher, like the vine, yet perchance he may . . . yield 
. . as useful and more sober fruit than the other. 
Sir H. Walton, Reliqute, p. 77. 
(6) One who or that which extends, diffuses, disseminate?, 
etc. See spread, v. t. 
If it be a mistake, I desire I may not be accused for a 
spreader of false news. SmJ't. 
The capitals of the triforium of Laon have about the 3 In flax-manuf., a machine for drawing and 
same spread as those of the choir of Paris. doubling flax from the heckles, and making it 
C. H. Moore, Gothic Architecture, p. 203. 
Hence 4. See the quotation. 
The spread of the wheels or axles ... is the distance 
between the centres of two axles. 
Forney, Locomotive, p. 285. 
5. A stretch; an expanse. 
An elm with a spread of branches a hundred feet across. 
0. W. Holmes, Autocrat, p. 248. 
into slivers; a drawing-frame. 3. In cotton- 
manuf., same as lapper^, 2. 4. A device fitted 
to the nozle of a hose for causing the stream 
to spread into a thin fan of spray; a form of 
spray-nozle. 5. A bar, commonly of wood, 
used to hold two swingletrees apart, and thus 
form a substitute for a doubletree for a plow, 
