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Sprinkle   /sprˈɪŋkəl/   Listen
Sprinkle

verb
(past & past part. sprinkled; pres. part. sprinkling)
1.
Distribute loosely.  Synonyms: disperse, dot, dust, scatter.
2.
Cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force.  Synonyms: splash, splosh.
3.
Rain gently.  Synonyms: patter, pitter-patter, spatter, spit.
4.
Scatter with liquid; wet lightly.  Synonyms: besprinkle, sparge.
noun
1.
A light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby.  Synonyms: scattering, sprinkling.
2.
The act of sprinkling or splashing water.  Synonyms: sparge, sprinkling.  "A sparge of warm water over the malt"



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"Sprinkle" Quotes from Famous Books



... from cold, or from error in diet. If the latter it is desirable to induce vomiting. For the pain, apply hot flannels or fomentations; drink hot water. In severe cases, sprinkle a little turpentine on flannel, wrung from hot water, and apply to abdomen. Colic resulting from the accumulation of fecal matter should be treated with hot enemas until relieved. A hot hip-bath is sometimes ...
— Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why - What Medical Writers Say • Martha M. Allen

... getting rid of maras was to sprinkle the air with sand, at the same time uttering a brief incantation. For example, in a village on the borders of Schleswig-Holstein, a woman who suffered agonies from nightmare consulted a man locally reported to be well versed in ...
— Werwolves • Elliott O'Donnell

... tire their eyes no less than their arms. Really it is a national passion. These girls, who are generally so phlegmatic, change their character on cleaning day and become frantic. That day we are no longer masters of our houses. They invade our rooms, turn us out, sprinkle us, turn everything topsy-turvy; for them it is a gala day; they are like bacchantes of cleanliness; the madness grows as they wash." I asked him to what he attributed this species of mania for which Holland is famous. He gave me the same reasons that many others had given; ...
— Holland, v. 1 (of 2) • Edmondo de Amicis

... of prayer. "The whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense." So honourable was this office that it was fixed by lot, and none was allowed to perform it twice. Only once in a priest's life was he permitted to sprinkle the incense on the burning coals, which an assistant had already brought from the altar of burnt-sacrifice, and spread on the altar of ...
— John the Baptist • F. B. Meyer

... "Sprinkle her with holy water?" laughed the Duchessa. "Have a care. If she should turn into a black cat, and fly away on a broomstick, you'd never ...
— The Cardinal's Snuff-Box • Henry Harland


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