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▪ I. spraing, n.|spreɪŋ|
Also 6–7 sprayng, 6 sprang.
[app. of Scand. origin; cf. MIcel. and Norw. sprang fringe, lace.]
1. Sc. A glittering or brightly-coloured stripe, streak, or ray.
1513Douglas æneid vii. iii. 82 Wyth fyry sparkis lyke to goldin bemys, Or twynkland sprayngis with thair giltin glemys. 1536Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) I. p. xli, The thrid kind [of hounds] is..reid hewit, or ellis blak, with small spraingis of spottis. 1597Skene De Verb. Sign. s.v. Actilia, Partial gilt, with spranges or streames of Gold fuilȝie. a1670Spalding Troub. Chas. I (1850) I. 57 Thair wes sein..ane gryt blaseing star like to ane comet,..haueing lang broyndis or sprayngis spredding fra the samen. 1725Ramsay Gentle Sheph. i. i, A tartan plaid,..the borders blue: With spraings like gowd, and siller, cross'd with black. 1808Mayne Siller Gun ii. xiv, The mark..Far glist'ning, circled white and red, Wi' spraings o' blue. 1813–24in Eng. Dial. Dict.
2. Also † sprain. A disease of potatoes in which they appear sound on the outside but show curved lines of discoloration when cut.
1909Jrnl. Board Agric. XVI. 33 Several complaints have reached the Board respecting the losses caused to potato growers from the ailment known as sprain in potatoes, and it is asserted that cases of it..are causing some anxiety in Scotland and elsewhere. 1929Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc. XIV. 150 Spraing. (Sprain, Internal Rust Spot.)... Internal brown spot. 1980F. Hope in E. Gram et al. Recognition & Control of Pests & Diseases of Farm Crops (ed. 3) 155/1 Spraing is thought to be caused by a virus. 1980Amat. Gardening 4 Oct. 12/1 The [potato] crop is affected with a physiological disorder known as spraing.
▪ II. spraing, v. Sc.
Also 6 spraying, sprang, 8 spring.
[f. prec. Cf. MIcel., MSw., and Norw. spranga to ornament with fringes or lace.]
trans. To variegate or diversify with coloured stripes or streaks. Hence sprainged ppl. a.
1532Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. VI. 74 For xxiiij elnis reid and ȝallow bucram to spraying the said pailȝeoune. 1539Ibid. VII. 270 Item, deliverit to him to be the uthir half of the saidis cotis and to sprang thair hois, iiij elnis dimmegrane. 1701Brand Descr. Orkney, etc. (1703) 54 One bird..all stripped or sprainged on the back. 1742R. Forbes Jrnl. in Ajax' Sp. (1755) 34, I hae nae mair claise but a spraing'd faikie, or a riach plaidie. 1773Fergusson Leith Races xviii, Some liveries red or yellow wear, And some are tartan spraingit! 1846Whistle Binkie, Songs Nursery 71 The window's spraing'd wi' icy stars. |