Sc. Also 6 spraying, sprang, 8 spring. [f. prec. Cf. MIcel., MSw. and Norw. spranga to ornament with fringes or lace.] trans. To variegate or diversify with colored stripes or streaks. Hence Sprainged ppl. a.
1532. Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot., VI. 74. For xxiiij elnis reid and ȝallow bucram to spraying the said pailȝeoune. Ibid. (1539), VII. 270. Item, deliverit to him to be the uthir half of the saidis cotis and to sprang thair hois, iiij elnis dimmegrane.
1701. Brand, Descr. Orkney, etc. (1703), 54. One bird … all stripped or sprainged on the back.
1742. R. Forbes, Jrnl., in Ajax’ Sp. (1755), 34. I hae nae mair claise but a spraing’d faikie, or a riach plaidie.
1773. Fergusson, Leith Races, xviii. Some liveries red or yellow wear, And some are tartan spraingit!
1846. Whistle Binkie, Songs Nursery, 71. The window’s spraing’d wi’ icy stars.
