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Definitions for Sprue

[1] Metallurgy . an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold. the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
[2] Metalworking . a channel in a forging die permitting the die to clear that part of the rough piece not being forged.
[3] to cut the sprues from (a casting).
[4] a chronic disease, occurring chiefly in the tropics, resulting from malabsorption of nutrients from the small intestine and characterized by diarrhea, ulceration of the mucous membrane of the digestive tract, and a smooth, shining tongue; psilosis.
[5] a vertical channel in a mould through which plastic or molten metal is introduced or out of which it flows when the mould is filled
[6] plastic or metal that solidifies in a sprue
[7] a chronic disease, esp of tropical climates, characterized by flatulence, diarrhoea, frothy foul-smelling stools, and emaciation
[8] East London dialect an inferior type of asparagus

Words nearby Sprue

spruce pine, spruce sawfly, spruce up, spruce-up, sprucy, sprue, spruik, spruit, sprung, sprung molding, sprung rhythm

Origin of Sprue

21815–25; < Dutch spruw; cognate with Middle Low German sprūwe tumor

Word origin for Sprue

C19: of unknown origin