Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Specifically, in ceramics, the process of applying color or glaze to the surface of ware in spray blown from an atomizer. By this means different colors may be blended in the ground tinting, as in Rook-wood pottery.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Present participle of spray.
  • noun The act by which something is sprayed.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft)
  • noun the application of a liquid in the form of small particles ejected from a sprayer
  • noun a quantity of small objects flying through the air

Etymologies

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spray +‎ -ing

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