Sprinkle

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A utensil for sprinkling; a sprinkler.

II. Sprinkle ·vi To fly or be scattered in small drops or particles.

III. Sprinkle ·vi To scatter in small drops or particles, as water, seed, ·etc.

IV. Sprinkle ·noun A small quantity scattered, or sparsely distributed; a sprinkling.

V. Sprinkle ·vi To scatter a liquid, or any fine substance, so that it may fall in particles.

VI. Sprinkle ·vi To rain moderately, or with scattered drops falling now and then; as, it sprinkles.

VII. Sprinkle ·vi To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to Purify.

VIII. Sprinkle ·vi 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.