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sprinkling
(encz) | sprinkling,postřik [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
sprinkling
(encz) | sprinkling,špetka Pavel Machek |
Sprinkling
(gcide) | Sprinkle \Sprin"kle\ (spr[i^][ng]"k'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Sprinkled (-k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Sprinkling
(-kl[i^]ng).] [OE. sprenkelen, freq. of sprengen to sprinkle,
to scatter, AS. sprengan, properly, to make to spring,
causative of springan to spring; akin to D. sprenkelen to
sprinkle, G. sprengen. See Spring, v. i., and cf.
Sprent.]
1. To scatter in small drops or particles, as water, seed,
etc.
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2. To scatter on; to disperse something over in small drops
or particles; to besprinkle; as, to sprinkle the earth
with water; to sprinkle a floor with sand.
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3. To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small
quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify.
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Having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience.
--Heb. x. 22.
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Sprinkling
(gcide) | Sprinkling \Sprin"kling\ (-kl[i^]ng), n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, sprinkles.
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Baptism may well enough be performed by sprinkling
or effusion of water. --Ayliffe.
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2. A small quantity falling in distinct drops or particles;
as, a sprinkling of rain or snow.
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3. Hence, a moderate number or quantity distributed like
separate drops, or as if scattered like drops. --Craik.
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sprinkling
(wn) | sprinkling
n 1: a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly; "the
first scatterings of green"; "a sprinkling of grey at his
temples" [syn: scattering, sprinkling]
2: a light shower that falls in some locations and not others
nearby [syn: scattering, sprinkle, sprinkling]
3: the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare) [syn:
aspersion, sprinkling]
4: the act of sprinkling or splashing water; "baptized with a
sprinkling of holy water"; "a sparge of warm water over the
malt" [syn: sprinkle, sprinkling, sparge] |
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sprinkling
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Besprinkling
(gcide) | Besprinkle \Be*sprin"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Besprinkled; p.
pr. & vb. n. Besprinkling.]
To sprinkle over; to scatter over.
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The bed besprinkles, and bedews the ground. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]Besprinkling \Be*sprin"kling\, n.
The act of sprinkling anything; a sprinkling over.
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sprinkling
(wn) | sprinkling
n 1: a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly; "the
first scatterings of green"; "a sprinkling of grey at his
temples" [syn: scattering, sprinkling]
2: a light shower that falls in some locations and not others
nearby [syn: scattering, sprinkle, sprinkling]
3: the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare) [syn:
aspersion, sprinkling]
4: the act of sprinkling or splashing water; "baptized with a
sprinkling of holy water"; "a sparge of warm water over the
malt" [syn: sprinkle, sprinkling, sparge] |
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