- (v.i.) To scatter a liquid or any fine substance, so that it may fall in particles.
- (n.) A utensil for sprinkling; a sprinkler.
- (n.) A small quantity scattered or sparsely distributed; a sprinkling.
- (v.i.) To fly or be scattered in small drops or particles.
- (v.i.) To baptize by the application of a few drops or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify.
- (v.i.) 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.
- (v.i.) To rain moderately or with scattered drops falling now and then; as, it sprinkles.
- (v.i.) To scatter in small drops or particles, as water, seed, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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