spraingn.
/spreɪŋ/ 1. Scottish. A glittering or brightly-coloured stripe, streak, or ray.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > stripiness > [noun] > stripe
rayc1330
strake1398
list1496
spraing1513
vein1539
guard1579
stripe1626
striping1677
strip1789
wale1891
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vii. iii. 82 Wyth fyry sparkis lyke to goldin bemys, Or twynkland sprayngis with thair giltin glemys.
c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Cij The thrid kynd [of hounds] is..Reid hewit or ellis blak with small spraingis of spottis.
1597 J. Skene De Verborum Significatione at Actilia Partial gilt, with spranges or streames of Gold fuilȝie.
c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 57 Thair wes sein..ane gryt blaseing star like to ane comet,..haueing lang broyndis or sprayngis spredding fra the samen.
1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. i A tartan plaid,..the borders blue: With spraings like gowd, and siller, cross'd with black.
1808 J. Mayne Siller Gun (new ed.) ii. 38 The mark..Far glist'ning, like a white cockade, Wi' spraings o' blue.
1813–24 in 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.
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the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > associated with particular type of plant > crop or food plant > vegetables > potatoes
spraing1909
hollow heart1926
1909 Jrnl. Board Agric. 16 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.
1929 Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc. 14 150 Spraing. (Sprain, Internal Rust Spot.)... Internal brown spot.
1980 F. 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.
1980 Amateur Gardening 4 Oct. 12/1 The [potato] crop is affected with a physiological disorder known as spraing.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
spraingv.
Scottish.
transitive. To variegate or diversify with coloured stripes or streaks.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > stripiness > stripe [verb (transitive)]
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spraing1532
rew1558
score1604
ribbon1656
stripe1842
tiger1930
1532 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1905) VI. 74 For xxiiij elnis reid and ȝallow bucram to spraying the said pailȝeoune.
1539 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1907) VII. 270 Item, deliverit to him to be the uthir half of the saidis cotis and to sprang thair hois, iiij elnis dimmegrane.
Derivatives
sprainged adj.
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1701 J. Brand Brief Descr. Orkney, Zetland 54 One Bird..all stripped or sprainged on the back.
1755 R. Forbes Jrnl. London to Portsmouth in tr. Ovid Ajax his Speech (new ed.) 34 I hae nae mair claise but a spraing'd faikie, or a riach plaidie.
a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 159 Some liveries red or yellow wear, And some are tartan spraingit.
1844 J. Crawfurd in D. Robertson Songs for Nursery 50 The winnock's spraing'd wi' icy starns.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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