Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sprinkling"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sprinkling \Sprin"kling\, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, sprinkles.
Baptism may well enough be performed by sprinkling
or effusion of water. --Ayliffe.
2. A small quantity falling in distinct drops or particles;
as, a sprinkling of rain or snow.
3. Hence, a moderate number or quantity distributed like
drops. --Craik.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sprinkle \Sprin"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sprinkled}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Sprinkling}.] [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.
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.
3. To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small
quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify.
Having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience.
--Heb. x. 22.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sprinkling
n 1: a small number dispersed haphazardly: "the first scatterings
of green" [syn: {scattering}]
2: a light shower that falls in some locations and not others
nearby [syn: {scattering}, {sprinkle}]
3: the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare) [syn: {aspersion}]
4: watering with a sprinkler [syn: {sprinkle}]
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