What is the meaning of Sprue?

  • (n.) The waste piece of metal cast in this hole; hence, dross.
  • (n.) Strictly, the hole through which melted metal is poured into the gate, and thence into the mold.
  • (n.) Same as Sprew.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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