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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
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sprag

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Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun sprag has 2 senses

sprag(n = noun.artifact) - a chock or bar wedged under a wheel or between the spokes to prevent a vehicle from rolling down an incline;

is a kind of

chock

wedge

sprag(n = noun.artifact) pitprop - a wooden prop used to support the roof of a mine;

is a kind of prop

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CIDE DICTIONARY

sprag, n. [Cf. Icel. spraka a small flounder.].

A young salmon. [1913 Webster]

sprag, n. [See Spray a branch.].

A billet of wood; a piece of timber used as a prop. [1913 Webster]

sprag, v. t.

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. [1913 Webster]
To prop or sustain with a sprag. [1913 Webster]

sprag, a.

See Sprack, a. Shak. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

sprag, n.
1 a thick piece of wood or similar device used as a brake.
2 a support-prop in a coal mine.

Etymology

19th c.: orig. unkn.

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ROGET THESAURUS

sprag

Instrument

N instrument, machinery, mechanism, engineering, instrument, organ, tool, implement, utensil, machine, engine, lathe, gin, mill, air engine, caloric engine, heat engine, gear, tackle, tackling, rig, rigging, apparatus, appliances, plant, materiel, harness, trappings, fittings, accouterments, barde, equipment, equipmentage, appointments, furniture, upholstery, chattels, paraphernalia, mechanical powers, lever, leverage, mechanical advantage, crow, crowbar, handspike, gavelock, jemmy, jimmy, arm, limb, wing, oar, paddle, pulley, wheel and axle, wheelwork, clockwork, wheels within wheels, pinion, crank, winch, cam, pedal, capstan, wheel, inclined plane, wedge, screw, spring, mainspring, can hook, glut, heald, heddle, jenny, parbuckle, sprag, water wheel, handle, hilt, haft, shaft, heft, shank, blade, trigger, tiller, helm, treadle, key, turnscrew, screwdriver, knocker, hammer, edge tool, borer, vice, teeth, nail, rope, peg, support, spoon, arms, oar, cardiograph, recapper, snowplow, tenpenny, votograph, instrumental, mechanical, machinal, brachial.