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sprag
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spræ?/
Etymology 1
Adjective
sprag (comparative more sprag, superlative most sprag)
- Alternative form of sprack
Etymology 2
See spray (“a branch”).
Noun
sprag (plural sprags)
- A billet of wood; a piece of timber, a similar solid object or constructed unit used as a prop.
- 1956, United States Department of the Army, United States Department of the Air Force, Principles of Automotive Vehicles, Technical Manual 9-8000, page 325,
- A sprag (fig. 349) is a steel block so shaped as to act as a wedge in the complete assembly. In the sprag unit under discussion, there are 42 sprags assembled into an outer race and held in place by two energizing springs (fig. 350).
- 1981, (US) Departments of the Army and Air Force, Maintenance: Direct Support, and General Support Level, Technical Manual 9-2520-246-34-1, page 2-201,
- When checking sprags, anvil and spindle ends of micrometer and flat back of sprag must all rest on a flat surface as shown in view A.
- Since wear on all sprags in any one sprag unit will be the same, it is only necessary to check 5 sprags in each assembly.
- 2008, Cliff Ruggles, GM Automatic Overdrive Transmission Builder's and Swapper's Guide, page 52,
- The sprag should still be taken apart for visual inspection of the components. I have seen sprags that still functioned correctly, but when taken apart, the spring cage that holds the sprag elements was completely destroyed.
- 2009, Jack Erjavec, Automotive Technology: A Systems Approach, Cengage Learning, page 1192,
- A one-way sprag clutch (figure 40-36) consists of a hub and a drum separated by figure-eight-shaped metal pieces called sprags. The sprags are shaped this way so they can lock between the races when a race is turned in one direction only.
- 1956, United States Department of the Army, United States Department of the Air Force, Principles of Automotive Vehicles, Technical Manual 9-8000, page 325,
Derived terms
- sprag clutch
Verb
sprag (third-person singular simple present sprags, present participle spragging, simple past and past participle spragged)
- (transitive) To check the motion of, as a carriage on a steep slope, by putting a sprag between the spokes of the wheel.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of R. S. Poole to this entry?)
- (transitive) To prop or sustain with a sprag.
Etymology 3
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Compare Icelandic spraka (“a small flounder”)?
Noun
sprag (plural sprags)
- A young salmon.
Anagrams
- ARPGs, GRASP, grasp
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sprat
English
Etymology
From Middle English sprotte, from Old English sprot. Older source is unknown. Cognate with German Sprotte, Dutch sprot. Compare sprout.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sp?æt/
- Rhymes: -æt
Noun
sprat (plural sprat or sprats)
- Any of various small, herring-like, marine fish in the genus Sprattus, in the family Clupeidae.
- (Britain, slang, obsolete) A sixpence.
Derived terms
- a sprat to catch a mackerel
- spratlike
Translations
See also
- pilchard
- sardine
References
- (sixpence): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
Anagrams
- S trap, TRAPS, parts, prats, rapts, strap, tarps, traps
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sprât/
Noun
spr?t m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)
- floor, story/storey (level)
Declension
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:?????.
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