sprayey

adj — 2 senses

sprayey

adj

Etymology From spray + -ey.

1

Full of spray.

[…] the open sea, whose blue bounding waters, lashed by the innumerable oars, spread in a sprayey path for a mile behind them.1865, The Dublin University Magazine:

2

Branching.

Their unsuspicious temper makes them not over careful in concealing their nest, it being built on a sprayey part of a horizontal branch of a tree, about 8 ft. or 10 ft. from the ground.1832, Magazine of Natural History:

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