transitive. To sprinkle (water, blood, or other liquid). literary or poetic in later use.

transitive. To sprinkle, to scatter, to distribute (a liquid, esp. water); to discharge (a liquid). Also in figurative contexts. Obsolete.

To sprinkle or pour (a liquid) in drops.

transferred. To shake out or sprinkle by or as by twirling a mop.

transitive. Chiefly English regional. To sprinkle, spatter, or splash (a thing or person) with a liquid or other substance. Also intransitive. Cf. s…