Yola

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Etymology

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From Middle English spray, from Old English *spræg, sprei (found in place names such as that of Spreyton, England), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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spraay (plural sprays)

  1. A twisted twig for thatching.

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 69