Associations to the word «Sprue»

Wiktionary

SPRUE, noun. (medicine) A tropical disease causing a sore throat and tongue, and disturbed digestion; psilosis.
SPRUE, noun. (founding) The hole through which melted metal is poured into the gate, and thence into the mold.
SPRUE, noun. (founding) Material that cools in the feed channels to a mold.

Dictionary definition

SPRUE, noun. A chronic disorder that occurs in tropical and non-tropical forms and in both children and adults; nutrients are not absorbed; symptoms include foul-smelling diarrhea and emaciation.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats