sprue

See also: Sprue

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɹuː/

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Etymology 1

From Dutch spruw, sprouw. First described by William Hillary.

Noun

sprue (plural sprues)

1. (medicine) A tropical disease causing a sore throat and tongue, and disturbed digestion; psilosis.

Synonyms

• tropical sprue

Derived terms

• celiac sprue

Translations

malabsorption syndrome

• Dutch: tropische spruw, Indische spruw, aphthae tropicae, psilosis
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• Spanish: esprúe m

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

sprue (plural sprues)

A bronze casting showing the chimney-shaped sprue (material) and four risers

1. (founding) The hole through which melted metal is poured into the gate, and thence into the mold.
2. (founding) Material that cools in the feed channels to a mold.

Translations

hole allowing melted material into the mold

• Russian: ли́тник (ru) m (lítnik)
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Material that cools in the feed channels to a mold

• German: Anguss m
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See also

• flash

Verb

sprue (third-person singular simple present spru, present participle es, simple past and past participle sprued)

1. To remove the sprues (material left in feed channels) from a cast piece.
   • 1882 August 15, “Details of a brass and iron foundry”, in American Machinist‎^[1], page 3:

     In the brass spruing room is what is known as a Todd water tumbler, used for brass castings.

   • 1976, Hazel Torres and Ann Beard Ehrlich, Modern Dental Assisting, page 662:

     The pattern is completed in its final contour, is then sprued, invested and burned out of the investment, and the gold alloy is cast in the same manner as when the indirect technique is utilized

Anagrams

• Pre-Us, Purse, Rupes, pures, purse, re-ups, reups, rupes, super, super-