strinklingstrenklingn.
Obsolete exc. Scottish and dialect.
1. The action of the verb.
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society > faith > worship > other practices > [noun] > aspersion
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aspersion1570
a1300 Cursor Mundi 28580 Of hali water þe strenkling.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 479/2 Strenkelynge, or sprenkelynge, aspersio.
2. A small quantity or amount sprinkled; also figurative a small proportion intermixed.
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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
1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness vii. ix. 316 He may also help himself something from those strinklings that are found in prophane Writers.
1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness viii. xiv. §11. 427 Men whose brains were seasoned with some strinklings at least of Madness and Phrensy.
1743 Sel. Trans. Soc. Improvers Knowl. Agric. Scotl. 83 If in the ensuing Spring, you harrow the Field, adding a strinkling of Clover..before harrowing.
1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words (at cited word) ‘A pretty strinkling of turnips,’ means a goodish plant all over the field.
1883 T. Lees Easther's Gloss. Dial. Almondbury & Huddersfield (at cited word) Thus a congregation might consist chiefly of women, with a strinkling of men.
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