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▪ I. sprayey, a.1|ˈspreɪɪ| [f. spray n.1] Having sprays or small twigs; spray-like.
1849Lever H. Templeton xii, The candles were..glittering like stars through the sprayey branches [of the larch⁓tree]. 1859― Dav. Dunn lviii, Ferns..mingled their sprayey leaves with the wild myrtle. 1882Garden 14 Jan. 25/2 Soft packing..may consist of soft sprayey faggots. ▪ II. sprayey, a.2|ˈspreɪɪ| [f. spray n.2] Casting or carrying spray; of the nature of spray.
1831Blackw. Mag. XXX. 111 The dark-watered fountain shedding its gloomy, or rapid, or sprayey stream, down the cheek of a lofty rock. 1854G. Greenwood Haps & Mishaps 69 The roll of heavy seas, the rush of sprayey winds. 1892R. Broughton Mrs. Bligh viii, A..dark rain-cloud sails up and shakes out three sprayey drops from its skirts upon them. |