sprinklingn.¹

Brit.

/ˈsprɪŋklɪŋ/,

/ˈsprɪŋkl̩ɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈsprɪŋk(ə)lɪŋ/

Forms: see sprinkle v.² and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sprinkle v.², -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < sprinkle v.² + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier sprenging n. at sprenge v. Derivatives and also springing n.¹ 12.

a. The action of sprinkle v.² (in various senses); an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of sprinkling > [noun]

sprengingOE

springinga1382

sprinklingc1400

arrousement1483

sprinkle1575

sparging1836

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [noun] > scattering in small particles or sprinkling

sprengingOE

sprengea1350

springinga1382

bespringing1398

sprinklingc1400

sprainture1481

springling?1549

inspersion1568

conspersionc1572

sprinkle1575

respersion1635

spargefaction1704

spargefication1834

sprayinga1884

c1400 Prose Versions New Test.: 1 Pet. (Douce) (1904) i. 2 (MED) Petre, þe apostul of Iesu Criste, vn-to þe chosen comelynges..in holynes of spiryte, in buxomnes, in sprenkelynge [L. aspersionem] of þe blode of Iesu Criste.

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 470 Sprenkelynge, or strenkelynge, aspercio, conspercio.

c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 83 With þe sprenclyng of his wengis, þe peper & þe sauce light vppon bathe thies gosseps.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Heb. xii. D The sprenklynge off bloude, that speaketh better then the bloude of Abel.

1577 Hill's Gardeners Labyrinth ii. x. 35 Soone after the sprinckling and moistning of the Beddes, couer the beds ouer with some peece of wollen cloth.

1608 Bp. J. Hall Epist. I. i. i. 4 Your clericall shauings,..your crossings, creepings, censings, sprinklings, your cozening miracles.

1651 J. French Art Distillation i. 11 Humectation or Irrigation, is a sprinkling of moisture upon any thing.

1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. i. vii. 14 The Seed..is..quickened for Vegetation by the Sprinkling of the Pollen.

1782 A. S. Gentleman's Compl. Jockey 92 The sprinkling of his water will scald his legs.

1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. 59 The frequent sprinkling of the gypsum upon stable floors.

1874 H. H. Cole Catal. Objects Indian Art S. Kensington Mus. App. 288 Rosewater Stand, surmounted by eight squirts for sprinkling.

1933 D. Thomas Let. Dec. (1987) 64 My only real domestic vice is my indiscriminate sprinkling of cigarette ash over everything and everybody.

1985 Washington Post 21 Apr. h2/1 The spring has been unnaturally dry, which accounts for the failure of my larkspurs... A couple of timely sprinklings would have saved the day.

2016 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 6 June a1 The sprinkling of water on graves is an old tradition in Afghanistan.

b. Christian Church. The action or practice of baptizing a person by sprinkling water on the head, rather than by immersion.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > sacrament > baptism > kinds of baptism > by sprinkling > [noun]

sprinkling1580

rantisma1626

1580 J. Field tr. T. de Bèze Other Parte Christian Questions & Answeares sig. K5^v If any..shoulde omyt sprinkeling or dypping, certeinely this could not bee the Baptisme instituted of Christ.

1642 R. Barrow Briefe Answer to Disc. by P.B. 10 P. B. himselfe, who for baptisme useth sprinkling, loseth both buriall and resurrection.

1692 B. Keach App. Athenian Mercuries 7/2 In the..Sprinkling of an Infant, there is not, cannot be a lively Representation of Christ's Death, Burial and Resurrection.

1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 103 Immersion is not strictly necessary unto Baptism; but that it may be perform'd even by Effusion or Sprinkling.

1781 M. Hemmenway Disc. Christian Baptism 17 We find that in scripture, Baptizing, Pouring, Sprinkling, and Anointing, are parallel, and signify the same thing.

1844 Baptist Mag. 36 621/2 Why do you not, for the sake of union, cease from your sprinkling, and submit to immersion?

1881 Miami Helmet 24 Feb. 1/3 Such Pedobaptist scholars..attempt to justify the practice of sprinkling instead of immersion, as a ‘matter of indifferency’.

1944 E. A. Payne Fellowship of Believers v. 61 Those on the Continent who had in the sixteenth century already come to reject the sprinkling..of infants.

2008 G. A. Wills in T. White et al. Restoring Integrity in Baptist Churches ix. 181 Baptists..rejected the infant baptism and the sprinkling of the Puritan churches.

a. A small number distributed sparingly or irregularly. Frequently with modifying word indicating the number so distributed. Also with modifying word (as liberal, generous, good, etc.) indicating a relatively large number. Chiefly with of.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > plurality > fewness > [noun] > a small number of

some fewOE

puckleOE

a litec1290

couple1365

a…or twoa1400

handfulc1443

a wheen (of)1487

and odd1548

sprinkling1561

pair1611

scattering1628

sprinkle1754

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [noun] > state of being scattered at wide intervals > a sparse scattering

sprinkling1561

scattering1628

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. iv. f. 137 Thei heale ye bitternesse with a light sprinkling of ceremonies [L. ceremoniarum aspersione].

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iii. xv. 182 We haue a sprinkling of our Gentry, heere and there one, excellently well learned.

1670 J. Ogilby Africa 310 A sprinkling of small Isles, like Warts upon the Sea.

1719 E. Gibson Four Serm. (ed. 2) 34 A sprinkling of Gray-hairs foretels the Approaches of Old Age.

1793 R. Burns Let. Sept. (2003) II. 240 A small sprinkling of Scoticisms, is of no objection to an English reader.

1863 M. A. Power Arabian Days & Nights 232 A good sprinkling of foreigners, adventurers, and adventuresses.

1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest V. xxv. 545 Every man..to whom a sprinkling of foreign words seemed an ornament of speech.

a1902 S. Butler Way of All Flesh (1903) xiv. 62 There was a fair sprinkling of neighbours within visiting range.

1955 I. de Sola Pool et al. Satellite Generals 117 A sprinkling of career officers concentrated in the more technical positions.

2006 Cosmopolitan (U.K. ed.) Aug. 59 Instead of a full head of highlights, get your colourist to put..just a sprinkling at the tips of your hair.

b. A small quantity or amount. Frequently with modifying word indicating the amount. Also with modifying word (as liberal, generous, good, etc.) indicating a relatively large amount. Chiefly with of.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount

speckc725

littleOE

somethingc1200

lutewihtc1230

little whatc1384

ouncec1387

lap1393

smalla1400

modicumc1400

nekedc1400

spota1413

tinec1420

nieveful?a1425

handfulc1443

mouthful?c1450

smatchc1456

weec1480

quern1503

halfpennyworth1533

groatsworth1562

dram1566

shellful1578

trickle1580

snatch1592

sprinkling1594

fleck1598

snip1598

pittance1600

lick1603

fingerful1604

modicum1606

thimbleful1607

flash1614

dasha1616

pipa1616

pickle1629

drachm1635

cue1654

smack1693

starn1720

bit1753

kenning1787

minikin1787

tate1805

starnie1808

sprat1815

harl1821

skerrick1825

smallums1828

huckleberry1832

scrimp1840

thimble1841

smite1843

nattering1859

sensation1859

spurt1859

pauchlea1870

mention1891

sketch1894

sputterings1894

scrappet1901

titch1937

tad1940

skosh1959

smattering1973

1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night sig. E Men which haue had some little sprinkling of Grammer learning in their youth.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xliv. xxvi. 1186 Himselfe brought with him..some litle sprinkling of gold to deale among a few of them.

1693 J. Dryden Disc. conc. Satire in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires p. l Some sprinklings of this kind, I had also formerly in my Plays, but they were casual, and not design'd.

1706 A. Bedford Temple Musick iii. 62 The Noise may seem to pretend to a dash and sprinkling of Art.

1798 Hull Advertiser 23 June 4/4 Corn Exchange. We had a pretty sprinkling of wheat fresh in this morning.

1840 Florist's Jrnl. Oct. 152 We require a little sprinkling of philosophy.

1844 tr. M. T. Asmar Mem. Babylonian Princess II. vii. 190 Few of these people are without some sprinkling of knowledge.

1927 Amer. Mercury Feb. 232/1 Many elements clog the workings of this scheme..: prejudice and favoritism, mainly, with a liberal sprinkling of obfuscation.

1962 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 22 Sept. 13/3 Warm weather with generous sprinklings of sunshine.

2013 F. Ambler et al. Rough Guide Vintage London 95 Sleek, teak and space-age mid-century modernism is the star of this show, with a sprinkling of Art Deco.

3. A quantity (esp. a small one), that has been or may be sprinkled. Chiefly with of.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > of something sprinkled

sprinkling1602

strinkling1660

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [noun] > scattering in small particles or sprinkling > that which is sprinkled

sprinkle1575

sprinkling1602

powdering1626

strinkling1660

spray1750

scatter1954

1602 J. Welch Reply G. Browne 263 The Table of the Lord shoulde be consecrated with oile and chrysme, with a sprinkling of water, mixed of wine & salt.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew at Dash A soft Shower, or a sprinkling of Rain.

1710 J. Swift in J. Swift & R. Steele Tatler No. 238 Such is that sprinkling which some careless Quean Flirts on you from her Mop.

1760 R. Brown Compl. Farmer: Pt. 2 72 A little sprinkling of dung or mud upon rye-land will mightily advance a crop.

1835 W. Irving Tour on Prairies 125 Sprinklings of blood here and there on the shrubs.

1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton iv. 36 A sprinkling of rain about his big brown beard.

1919 M. Gyte Diary 3 Jan. (1999) 205 Keen frost this morning and a sprinkling of snow.

1970 Victoria (Texas) Advocate 25 Jan. 9/3 Add three or four inches of loose mulch, and top that off with a generous sprinkling of well rotted manure.

2016 Guardian (Nexis) 20 May A sprinkling of salt on the asparagus.

Compounds

C1. General attributive, as sprinkling machine, sprinkling system, sprinkling vessel, sprinkling water, etc.

ΚΠ

1530 Bible (Tyndale) Num. xxxi. f. lviii It shalbe sprinkled with sprinklinge water [Ger. Sprenge wasser].

1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. F2 Following him with his sprinkling glasse..from place to place.

1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een Bespruyt-kruycke, a Sprinkling, or a Spout-picher for gardens.

1655 W. Gouge & T. Gouge Learned Comm. Hebrewes (ix. 9) ii. 336 There was also a sprinkling water to sprinkle on such as should be unclean.

1712 J. Henley tr. B. de Montfaucon Trav. Italy viii. 128 Ancient Instruments for Sacrificing, viz...a Box to burn Incense in, a sprinkling Vessel, a Sprinkler.

1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table ii. 30 A man driving a sprinkling-machine.

1896 Harper's Mag. Apr. 812/2 He..got a job at driving a sprinkling-cart.

1945 V. Ferm Encycl. Relig. 59 Sprinkling bowl used in a sacrificial service in the Jerusalem Temple, and made of copper, brass, silver, or gold.

1954 Washington Post 12 Sept. h26 An automatic sprinkling system for the yard and flower beds.

2004 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 15 July 12/1 The orderly geraniums..and their demure gardener are upstaged by the metal sprinkling cans in the foreground.

C2.

sprinkling irrigation n. Agriculture a form of irrigation designed to be similar to rainfall, in which water is distributed through pipes running along or above the ground and sprayed onto the soil through sprinklers; cf. sprinkler irrigation n. at sprinkler n. Compounds, spray irrigation n. at spray n.² Compounds 3b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > irrigation > [noun]

field pondage1612

pondage1612

irrigation1626

floating-trench1649

masterwork1652

floating1669

catchwork1794

warping1799

watering1799

basin irrigation1903

sprinkler irrigation1908

sprinkling irrigation1910

spray irrigation1931

spray line1961

trickle irrigation1969

chemigation1981

1910 Western Mail (Perth, Austral.) 28 May 11/1 Growers will adopt the practice of installing oil engines, pumps and systems of sprinkling irrigation.

1927 Bull. New Jersey Agric. Exper. Station No. 453. 3 Sprinkling irrigation, also known as overhead or Skinner irrigation, from the name of the inventor, is the method of watering crops by means of spray from small nozzles.

2000 D. Hillel Salinity Managem. for Sustainable Irrigation iii. 25/1 The use of brackish water for sprinkling irrigation may cause foliar injury.

sprinkling brush n. a brush used for sprinkling water, esp. holy water, as part of a religious ceremony; an aspergillum; cf. earlier sprinkler n. 2, sprinkle n.¹ 1.

ΚΠ

1582 A. Munday Eng. Romayne Lyfe vi. 62 Giuing me also a pot of holy water, to hang by my Beds side, that..I should with the sprinckling Brush, throw it about the Chamber.

1732 J. Du Pré tr. P. Mussard Roma Antiqua & Recens ix. 143 He afterwards gives us a Draught of the Vessel, and the Sprinkling Brush, as they were taken from the Antique.

2006 J. Z. Mishtal Contradict. Democratization (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Colorado) 238 Setting a table with a white tablecloth, a crucifix.., a special sprinkling brush, kropidło, used for sprinkling the water during the visit, [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

sprinklingadj.

Brit.

/ˈsprɪŋklɪŋ/,

/ˈsprɪŋkl̩ɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈsprɪŋk(ə)lɪŋ/

Forms: see sprinkle v.² and -ing suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sprinkle v.², -ing suffix².

Etymology: < sprinkle v.² + -ing suffix².

1. Of a wave, fountain, etc.: that scatters small drops of water; (of a cloud, the sky) that produces light rain. Chiefly poetic.In quot. 1567 perhaps: sparkling (cf. sprinkle v.¹ 2).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [adjective] > sprinkled > sprinkling

sprinkling1567

1567 G. Turberville Epitaphes, Epigrams f. 78^v Welles..Whose sprinckling springs and golden streames ere this thou well didst knowe.

1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis vi. 110 Back to the shore she casts a heauy eye;..And from the sprinkling waues..shrinks her trembling feete.

1671 J. Ogilby tr. A. Montanus Remarkable Addr. 7 They saw Westward near the Horizon, sprinkling Clouds.

1716 J. Gay Trivia ii. 40 When..dex'trous Damsels twirle the sprinkling Mop.

1757 J. Dyer Fleece i. 28 Lo, in the sprinkling clouds, your bleating hills Rejoice with herbage.

1827 T. Hood Plea Midsummer Fairies & Other Poems 70 Hard by the gusty margin of the sea, Where sprinkling waves continually do leap.

1859 Ld. Tennyson Let. 3 Oct. (1987) II. 244 A few sprinkling springlets by the wayside.

1983 N.Y. Times 23 Feb. c2/3 The long, snow-capped wharves on the opposite shore, the gray, sprinkling sky.

2015 News Internat. (Nexis) 28 June The sprinkling fountains of water could be seen.

2. Of rain, snow, etc.: that falls lightly, in fine or scattered drops or particles.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [adjective] > sprinkled > being sprinkled

sprinkling1581

showery1598

1581 T. Howell His Deuises sig. I.ij Since sprinkling showres of sweete Auroraes fludde, In Hiems raigne are dryed vp with colde.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iv. 137 [Her] pittifull lookes, and sprinkling teares.

1666 W. Boghurst Loimographia (1894) 99 There being noe raine at all, but a litle sprinkling Showre.

a1750 A. Hill Wks. (1753) III. 248 She does, indeed, with sighs, and tears, complain, Like spring-born zephirs, mix'd, with sprinkling rain!

1783 J. Hoole tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso II. xi. 23 Dian..threw On rash Actæon's brows the sprinkling dew.

1811 Caledonian Mercury 15 Aug. The rains of Portugal are not the sprinkling showers of England.

1858 Daily Missouri Republican 21 Oct. A splendid meeting, which the fall of a sprinkling rain did not succeed in breaking up.

1920 Manitoba Free Press 27 Dec. 4/2 The sprinkling snow which fell for the most part of the day.

2008 A. Jacobson 7th Victim xvi. 88 A sprinkling drizzle began dotting her windshield.

Derivatives

ˈsprinklingly adv. now rare sparsely; sparingly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [adverb] > here and there at wide intervals

thinc1405

thinlyc1545

sparsim1587

scatteredly1612

sprinklingly1615

sparse1725

sparsely1796

sporadically1852

tenuously1892

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 898 They offer also small shootes sprinklingly vnto the skin of the chest.

1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 286 He speaks his non-sence, sleightly, sprinklingly.

2009 T. Hanzawa in M. Sekiguchi Govt. & Politics II. 53 We may refer sprinklingly to thinkers of former periods.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sprinkling
释义	sprinklingn.¹ Brit. /ˈsprɪŋklɪŋ/, /ˈsprɪŋkl̩ɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsprɪŋk(ə)lɪŋ/ Forms: see sprinkle v.² and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sprinkle v.², -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < sprinkle v.² + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier sprenging n. at sprenge v. Derivatives and also springing n.¹ 12. 1. a. The action of sprinkle v.² (in various senses); an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of sprinkling > [noun] sprengingOE springinga1382 sprinklingc1400 arrousement1483 sprinkle1575 sparging1836 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [noun] > scattering in small particles or sprinkling sprengingOE sprengea1350 springinga1382 bespringing1398 sprinklingc1400 sprainture1481 springling?1549 inspersion1568 conspersionc1572 sprinkle1575 respersion1635 spargefaction1704 spargefication1834 sprayinga1884 c1400 Prose Versions New Test.: 1 Pet. (Douce) (1904) i. 2 (MED) Petre, þe apostul of Iesu Criste, vn-to þe chosen comelynges..in holynes of spiryte, in buxomnes, in sprenkelynge [L. aspersionem] of þe blode of Iesu Criste. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 470 Sprenkelynge, or strenkelynge, aspercio, conspercio. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 83 With þe sprenclyng of his wengis, þe peper & þe sauce light vppon bathe thies gosseps. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Heb. xii. D The sprenklynge off bloude, that speaketh better then the bloude of Abel. 1577 Hill's Gardeners Labyrinth ii. x. 35 Soone after the sprinckling and moistning of the Beddes, couer the beds ouer with some peece of wollen cloth. 1608 Bp. J. Hall Epist. I. i. i. 4 Your clericall shauings,..your crossings, creepings, censings, sprinklings, your cozening miracles. 1651 J. French Art Distillation i. 11 Humectation or Irrigation, is a sprinkling of moisture upon any thing. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. i. vii. 14 The Seed..is..quickened for Vegetation by the Sprinkling of the Pollen. 1782 A. S. Gentleman's Compl. Jockey 92 The sprinkling of his water will scald his legs. 1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. 59 The frequent sprinkling of the gypsum upon stable floors. 1874 H. H. Cole Catal. Objects Indian Art S. Kensington Mus. App. 288 Rosewater Stand, surmounted by eight squirts for sprinkling. 1933 D. Thomas Let. Dec. (1987) 64 My only real domestic vice is my indiscriminate sprinkling of cigarette ash over everything and everybody. 1985 Washington Post 21 Apr. h2/1 The spring has been unnaturally dry, which accounts for the failure of my larkspurs... A couple of timely sprinklings would have saved the day. 2016 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 6 June a1 The sprinkling of water on graves is an old tradition in Afghanistan. b. Christian Church. The action or practice of baptizing a person by sprinkling water on the head, rather than by immersion. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > baptism > kinds of baptism > by sprinkling > [noun] sprinkling1580 rantisma1626 1580 J. Field tr. T. de Bèze Other Parte Christian Questions & Answeares sig. K5^v If any..shoulde omyt sprinkeling or dypping, certeinely this could not bee the Baptisme instituted of Christ. 1642 R. Barrow Briefe Answer to Disc. by P.B. 10 P. B. himselfe, who for baptisme useth sprinkling, loseth both buriall and resurrection. 1692 B. Keach App. Athenian Mercuries 7/2 In the..Sprinkling of an Infant, there is not, cannot be a lively Representation of Christ's Death, Burial and Resurrection. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 103 Immersion is not strictly necessary unto Baptism; but that it may be perform'd even by Effusion or Sprinkling. 1781 M. Hemmenway Disc. Christian Baptism 17 We find that in scripture, Baptizing, Pouring, Sprinkling, and Anointing, are parallel, and signify the same thing. 1844 Baptist Mag. 36 621/2 Why do you not, for the sake of union, cease from your sprinkling, and submit to immersion? 1881 Miami Helmet 24 Feb. 1/3 Such Pedobaptist scholars..attempt to justify the practice of sprinkling instead of immersion, as a ‘matter of indifferency’. 1944 E. A. Payne Fellowship of Believers v. 61 Those on the Continent who had in the sixteenth century already come to reject the sprinkling..of infants. 2008 G. A. Wills in T. White et al. Restoring Integrity in Baptist Churches ix. 181 Baptists..rejected the infant baptism and the sprinkling of the Puritan churches. 2. a. A small number distributed sparingly or irregularly. Frequently with modifying word indicating the number so distributed. Also with modifying word (as liberal, generous, good, etc.) indicating a relatively large number. Chiefly with of. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > plurality > fewness > [noun] > a small number of some fewOE puckleOE a litec1290 couple1365 a…or twoa1400 handfulc1443 a wheen (of)1487 and odd1548 sprinkling1561 pair1611 scattering1628 sprinkle1754 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [noun] > state of being scattered at wide intervals > a sparse scattering sprinkling1561 scattering1628 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. iv. f. 137 Thei heale ye bitternesse with a light sprinkling of ceremonies [L. ceremoniarum aspersione]. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iii. xv. 182 We haue a sprinkling of our Gentry, heere and there one, excellently well learned. 1670 J. Ogilby Africa 310 A sprinkling of small Isles, like Warts upon the Sea. 1719 E. Gibson Four Serm. (ed. 2) 34 A sprinkling of Gray-hairs foretels the Approaches of Old Age. 1793 R. Burns Let. Sept. (2003) II. 240 A small sprinkling of Scoticisms, is of no objection to an English reader. 1863 M. A. Power Arabian Days & Nights 232 A good sprinkling of foreigners, adventurers, and adventuresses. 1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest V. xxv. 545 Every man..to whom a sprinkling of foreign words seemed an ornament of speech. a1902 S. Butler Way of All Flesh (1903) xiv. 62 There was a fair sprinkling of neighbours within visiting range. 1955 I. de Sola Pool et al. Satellite Generals 117 A sprinkling of career officers concentrated in the more technical positions. 2006 Cosmopolitan (U.K. ed.) Aug. 59 Instead of a full head of highlights, get your colourist to put..just a sprinkling at the tips of your hair. b. A small quantity or amount. Frequently with modifying word indicating the amount. Also with modifying word (as liberal, generous, good, etc.) indicating a relatively large amount. Chiefly with of. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount speckc725 littleOE somethingc1200 lutewihtc1230 little whatc1384 ouncec1387 lap1393 smalla1400 modicumc1400 nekedc1400 spota1413 tinec1420 nieveful?a1425 handfulc1443 mouthful?c1450 smatchc1456 weec1480 quern1503 halfpennyworth1533 groatsworth1562 dram1566 shellful1578 trickle1580 snatch1592 sprinkling1594 fleck1598 snip1598 pittance1600 lick1603 fingerful1604 modicum1606 thimbleful1607 flash1614 dasha1616 pipa1616 pickle1629 drachm1635 cue1654 smack1693 starn1720 bit1753 kenning1787 minikin1787 tate1805 starnie1808 sprat1815 harl1821 skerrick1825 smallums1828 huckleberry1832 scrimp1840 thimble1841 smite1843 nattering1859 sensation1859 spurt1859 pauchlea1870 mention1891 sketch1894 sputterings1894 scrappet1901 titch1937 tad1940 skosh1959 smattering1973 1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night sig. E Men which haue had some little sprinkling of Grammer learning in their youth. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xliv. xxvi. 1186 Himselfe brought with him..some litle sprinkling of gold to deale among a few of them. 1693 J. Dryden Disc. conc. Satire in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires p. l Some sprinklings of this kind, I had also formerly in my Plays, but they were casual, and not design'd. 1706 A. Bedford Temple Musick iii. 62 The Noise may seem to pretend to a dash and sprinkling of Art. 1798 Hull Advertiser 23 June 4/4 Corn Exchange. We had a pretty sprinkling of wheat fresh in this morning. 1840 Florist's Jrnl. Oct. 152 We require a little sprinkling of philosophy. 1844 tr. M. T. Asmar Mem. Babylonian Princess II. vii. 190 Few of these people are without some sprinkling of knowledge. 1927 Amer. Mercury Feb. 232/1 Many elements clog the workings of this scheme..: prejudice and favoritism, mainly, with a liberal sprinkling of obfuscation. 1962 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 22 Sept. 13/3 Warm weather with generous sprinklings of sunshine. 2013 F. Ambler et al. Rough Guide Vintage London 95 Sleek, teak and space-age mid-century modernism is the star of this show, with a sprinkling of Art Deco. 3. A quantity (esp. a small one), that has been or may be sprinkled. Chiefly with of. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > of something sprinkled sprinkling1602 strinkling1660 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [noun] > scattering in small particles or sprinkling > that which is sprinkled sprinkle1575 sprinkling1602 powdering1626 strinkling1660 spray1750 scatter1954 1602 J. Welch Reply G. Browne 263 The Table of the Lord shoulde be consecrated with oile and chrysme, with a sprinkling of water, mixed of wine & salt. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew at Dash A soft Shower, or a sprinkling of Rain. 1710 J. Swift in J. Swift & R. Steele Tatler No. 238 Such is that sprinkling which some careless Quean Flirts on you from her Mop. 1760 R. Brown Compl. Farmer: Pt. 2 72 A little sprinkling of dung or mud upon rye-land will mightily advance a crop. 1835 W. Irving Tour on Prairies 125 Sprinklings of blood here and there on the shrubs. 1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton iv. 36 A sprinkling of rain about his big brown beard. 1919 M. Gyte Diary 3 Jan. (1999) 205 Keen frost this morning and a sprinkling of snow. 1970 Victoria (Texas) Advocate 25 Jan. 9/3 Add three or four inches of loose mulch, and top that off with a generous sprinkling of well rotted manure. 2016 Guardian (Nexis) 20 May A sprinkling of salt on the asparagus. Compounds C1. General attributive, as sprinkling machine, sprinkling system, sprinkling vessel, sprinkling water, etc. ΚΠ 1530 Bible (Tyndale) Num. xxxi. f. lviii It shalbe sprinkled with sprinklinge water [Ger. Sprenge wasser]. 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. F2 Following him with his sprinkling glasse..from place to place. 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een Bespruyt-kruycke, a Sprinkling, or a Spout-picher for gardens. 1655 W. Gouge & T. Gouge Learned Comm. Hebrewes (ix. 9) ii. 336 There was also a sprinkling water to sprinkle on such as should be unclean. 1712 J. Henley tr. B. de Montfaucon Trav. Italy viii. 128 Ancient Instruments for Sacrificing, viz...a Box to burn Incense in, a sprinkling Vessel, a Sprinkler. 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table ii. 30 A man driving a sprinkling-machine. 1896 Harper's Mag. Apr. 812/2 He..got a job at driving a sprinkling-cart. 1945 V. Ferm Encycl. Relig. 59 Sprinkling bowl used in a sacrificial service in the Jerusalem Temple, and made of copper, brass, silver, or gold. 1954 Washington Post 12 Sept. h26 An automatic sprinkling system for the yard and flower beds. 2004 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 15 July 12/1 The orderly geraniums..and their demure gardener are upstaged by the metal sprinkling cans in the foreground. C2. sprinkling irrigation n. Agriculture a form of irrigation designed to be similar to rainfall, in which water is distributed through pipes running along or above the ground and sprayed onto the soil through sprinklers; cf. sprinkler irrigation n. at sprinkler n. Compounds, spray irrigation n. at spray n.² Compounds 3b. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > irrigation > [noun] field pondage1612 pondage1612 irrigation1626 floating-trench1649 masterwork1652 floating1669 catchwork1794 warping1799 watering1799 basin irrigation1903 sprinkler irrigation1908 sprinkling irrigation1910 spray irrigation1931 spray line1961 trickle irrigation1969 chemigation1981 1910 Western Mail (Perth, Austral.) 28 May 11/1 Growers will adopt the practice of installing oil engines, pumps and systems of sprinkling irrigation. 1927 Bull. New Jersey Agric. Exper. Station No. 453. 3 Sprinkling irrigation, also known as overhead or Skinner irrigation, from the name of the inventor, is the method of watering crops by means of spray from small nozzles. 2000 D. Hillel Salinity Managem. for Sustainable Irrigation iii. 25/1 The use of brackish water for sprinkling irrigation may cause foliar injury. sprinkling brush n. a brush used for sprinkling water, esp. holy water, as part of a religious ceremony; an aspergillum; cf. earlier sprinkler n. 2, sprinkle n.¹ 1. ΚΠ 1582 A. Munday Eng. Romayne Lyfe vi. 62 Giuing me also a pot of holy water, to hang by my Beds side, that..I should with the sprinckling Brush, throw it about the Chamber. 1732 J. Du Pré tr. P. Mussard Roma Antiqua & Recens ix. 143 He afterwards gives us a Draught of the Vessel, and the Sprinkling Brush, as they were taken from the Antique. 2006 J. Z. Mishtal Contradict. Democratization (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Colorado) 238 Setting a table with a white tablecloth, a crucifix.., a special sprinkling brush, kropidło, used for sprinkling the water during the visit, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † sprinklingn.² Forms: see sprinkle v.¹ and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sprinkle v.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < sprinkle v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. Obsolete. The action or fact of sparkling.figurative in quot. a1400. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [noun] > spark or glittering light > sparkling or glittering glistening1398 sprankling1398 twinkling1398 sprinklinga1400 sparklingc1440 glisteringc1450 glister1535 glittering1567 spangling1576 scintillation1585 sparkle1589 glitter1602 sparking1611 coruscancy1630 emication1646 eruscationa1652 sparklingnessa1691 glitterance1801 glisten1840 spangle1853 sparkliness- a1400 Ancrene Riwle (Pepys) (1976) 11 After þe Messe..forȝeteþ al þe werlde & beþ out of ȝoure seluen þere is sprinkelynge of loue [c1230 Corpus Cambr. i sperclinde luue]. 1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Scintillatio,..a sprynclyng vp as newe wyne dooeth in the cuppe. 1582 S. Batman Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum viii. xxxiii. f. 135^v/2 By chaunging of coulour, and sprincklyng of beames. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2019). sprinklingadj. Brit. /ˈsprɪŋklɪŋ/, /ˈsprɪŋkl̩ɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsprɪŋk(ə)lɪŋ/ Forms: see sprinkle v.² and -ing suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sprinkle v.², -ing suffix². Etymology: < sprinkle v.² + -ing suffix². 1. Of a wave, fountain, etc.: that scatters small drops of water; (of a cloud, the sky) that produces light rain. Chiefly poetic.In quot. 1567 perhaps: sparkling (cf. sprinkle v.¹ 2). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [adjective] > sprinkled > sprinkling sprinkling1567 1567 G. Turberville Epitaphes, Epigrams f. 78^v Welles..Whose sprinckling springs and golden streames ere this thou well didst knowe. 1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis vi. 110 Back to the shore she casts a heauy eye;..And from the sprinkling waues..shrinks her trembling feete. 1671 J. Ogilby tr. A. Montanus Remarkable Addr. 7 They saw Westward near the Horizon, sprinkling Clouds. 1716 J. Gay Trivia ii. 40 When..dex'trous Damsels twirle the sprinkling Mop. 1757 J. Dyer Fleece i. 28 Lo, in the sprinkling clouds, your bleating hills Rejoice with herbage. 1827 T. Hood Plea Midsummer Fairies & Other Poems 70 Hard by the gusty margin of the sea, Where sprinkling waves continually do leap. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Let. 3 Oct. (1987) II. 244 A few sprinkling springlets by the wayside. 1983 N.Y. Times 23 Feb. c2/3 The long, snow-capped wharves on the opposite shore, the gray, sprinkling sky. 2015 News Internat. (Nexis) 28 June The sprinkling fountains of water could be seen. 2. Of rain, snow, etc.: that falls lightly, in fine or scattered drops or particles. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [adjective] > sprinkled > being sprinkled sprinkling1581 showery1598 1581 T. Howell His Deuises sig. I.ij Since sprinkling showres of sweete Auroraes fludde, In Hiems raigne are dryed vp with colde. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iv. 137 [Her] pittifull lookes, and sprinkling teares. 1666 W. Boghurst Loimographia (1894) 99 There being noe raine at all, but a litle sprinkling Showre. a1750 A. Hill Wks. (1753) III. 248 She does, indeed, with sighs, and tears, complain, Like spring-born zephirs, mix'd, with sprinkling rain! 1783 J. Hoole tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso II. xi. 23 Dian..threw On rash Actæon's brows the sprinkling dew. 1811 Caledonian Mercury 15 Aug. The rains of Portugal are not the sprinkling showers of England. 1858 Daily Missouri Republican 21 Oct. A splendid meeting, which the fall of a sprinkling rain did not succeed in breaking up. 1920 Manitoba Free Press 27 Dec. 4/2 The sprinkling snow which fell for the most part of the day. 2008 A. Jacobson 7th Victim xvi. 88 A sprinkling drizzle began dotting her windshield. Derivatives ˈsprinklingly adv. now rare sparsely; sparingly. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [adverb] > here and there at wide intervals thinc1405 thinlyc1545 sparsim1587 scatteredly1612 sprinklingly1615 sparse1725 sparsely1796 sporadically1852 tenuously1892 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 898 They offer also small shootes sprinklingly vnto the skin of the chest. 1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 286 He speaks his non-sence, sleightly, sprinklingly. 2009 T. Hanzawa in M. Sekiguchi Govt. & Politics II. 53 We may refer sprinklingly to thinkers of former periods. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹c1400n.²a1400adj.1567
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sprinklingn.1

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† sprinklingn.2

sprinklingadj.

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sprinklingn.¹

† sprinklingn.²