Obs. Also sprey. [var. of SPREE sb.] A spree or drinking-bout; frolic.
1813. Ann. Reg., Chron., 59/2. He said he had had a fine sprey, and was burnt to death in the inside.
1819. Scott, Leg. Montrose, Introd. The Sergeant was apt to tarry longer at the Wallace Arms … than was consistent with strict temperance…. After such sprays, as he called them, were over [etc.].
1826. J. Wilson, Noct. Ambr., Wks. 1855, I. 206. A feather that’s got rumpled by sport and spray.
