3  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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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