sprue

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

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