Sprinkling
['sprɪŋklɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sprinkle
(n.) The act of one who, or that which, sprinkles.
(n.) A small quantity falling in distinct drops or particles; as, a sprinkling of rain or snow.
(n.) Hence, a moderate number or quantity distributed like drops.
Checker: Mandy
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Affusion.
Checked by Juliana
Examples
- Gramercy for the few drops of thy sprinkling, replied De Bracy; but this damsel hath wept enough to extinguish a beacon-light. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- He found Mary in the garden gathering roses and sprinkling the petals on a sheet. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But the sprinkling was a swarm in the Twickenham cottage, and filled it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Clouds are dark flat patches in the grain, of a brownish color, and appear as a sprinkling of dust in a small patch in the interior. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Men who in their youth took part in crusades against the Tenderloin now admit in a crestfallen way that they succeeded merely in sprinkling the Tenderloin through the whole city. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- No sprinkling is required if the sponges are kept moist. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Use by sprinkling, or moistening blotting paper with the solution. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
Typist: Paul