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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPRAG, a. Vigorous; sprightly. [Local.] [Note. In America, this word is, in popular language, pronounced spry, which is a contraction of spright, in sprightly.]
SPRAG, n. A young salmon. [Local.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a chock or bar wedged under a wheel or between the spokes to prevent a vehicle from rolling down an incline
2: a wooden prop used to support the roof of a mine [syn: pitprop, sprag]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1902 a pointed stake or steel bar let down from a halted vehicle (as a wagon) to prevent it from rolling

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sprag Sprag, n. [Cf. Icel. spraka a small flounder.] (Zo["o]l.) A young salmon. [Prov. Eng.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sprag Sprag, n. [See Spray a branch.] A billet of wood; a piece of timber used as a prop.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sprag Sprag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spragged; p. pr. & vb. n. 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sprag Sprag, a. See Sprack, a. --Shak.