Look up: sprag

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   sprag
   [n] - a chock or bar wedged under a wheel or between the spokes to prevent a vehicle from rolling down an incline
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   Sprag
   A short length of timber tapered at each end used to slow down or stop drams by placing through the wheel spokes.
   Found on http://www.welshcoalmines.co.uk/Glossary
   
   
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   sprag
   a short pit prop Category: Building industry • to drive sprigs into certain points of a mould in order to secure them Category: Iron and steel industries • an adjustable projection preventing the movement of platforms or pallets in the side guidance rails in an aircraft Category: General
   Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
   
   
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   Sprag
   slang term for a nail.
   Found on http://www.trp.dundee.ac.uk/research/glo
   
   
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   Sprag
   Sprag noun [ Confer Icelandic spraka a small flounder.] (Zoology) A young salmon. [ Prov. Eng.]
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/173
   
   
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   Sprag
   Sprag noun [ See Spray a branch.] A billet of wood; a piece of timber used as a prop.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/173
   
   
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   Sprag
   Sprag transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Spragged ; present participle & verbal noun Spragging .] 1. To check the motion of, as a carriage on a steep grade, by putting a sprag between the spokes of the wheel. R. S. Poole. 2. To prop or sustain with a sprag.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/173
   
   
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   Sprag
   Sprag adjective See Sprack , adjective Shak.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/173
   
   
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   sprag
   A billet of wood; a piece of timber used as a prop. ... See: Spray a branch. ... <zoology> A young salmon. ... Origin: Cf. Icel. Spraka a small flounder. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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    sprag
    noun a chock or bar wedged under a wheel or between the spokes to prevent a vehicle from rolling down an incline
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    Sprag
    A `sprag` is a one-way freewheel clutch used in a number of applications. It resembles a roller bearing with rollers shaped like a figure eight and cocked with a spring. When the unit rotates in one direction, the rollers stand up and bind because of oil friction, and when the unit is rotated in the opposite direction, the rollers slip or freewheel. `Sprag`, when used as a verb, is a commonly used way of describing the way a tracked vehicle move...
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    Sprag
    • (v. t.) To prop or sustain with a sprag. • (a.) See Sprack, a. • (n.) A billet of wood; a piece of timber used as a prop. • (v. t.) To check the motion of, as a carriage on a steep grade, by putting a sprag between the spokes of the wheel. • (n.) A young salmon.
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