sprue

Etymology 1
From,. First described by.

Noun

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

Synonyms

 * tropical sprue

Translations

 * Dutch: tropische spruw, Indische spruw, aphthae tropicae, psilosis
 * Portuguese: psilose
 * Spanish: esprúe

Etymology 2
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Noun



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

Translations

 * Russian:
 * Swedish: nedgjut, nedlopp


 * German: Anguss

Verb

 * 1) To remove the sprues (material left in feed channels) from a cast piece.

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