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sprinkling
noun
The act of sprinkling or splashing water
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noun
The act of sprinkling or splashing water
“Baptized with a sprinkling of holy water”
noun
The act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare)
noun
A light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
noun
A small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly
“The first scatterings of green”
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Baptized with a sprinkling of holy water
A sparge of warm water over the malt
The first scatterings of green
A sprinkling of grey at his temples
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