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Scatter in drops
Answer for the clue "Scatter in drops ", 8 letters:
sprinkle
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Sprinkle may refer to: Sprinkles , a decorative candy used on cakes and cupcakes
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sprinkle \Sprin"kle\, n. A small quantity scattered, or sparsely distributed; a sprinkling. A utensil for sprinkling; a sprinkler. [Obs.]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A light covering with a sprinkled substance. 2 A light rain shower. vb. 1 (lb en transitive) To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance). 2 (lb en transitive) To cover (an object) by ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby [syn: scattering , sprinkling ] the act of sprinkling or splashing water; "baptized with a sprinkling of holy water"; "a sparge of warm water over the malt" [syn: sprinkling , sparge ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c. (implied in sprinkled ), frequentative of sprenge (see spring (v.)) or via Middle Dutch, Middle Low German sprenkel "spot, speck," from PIE root *(s)preg- "to jerk, scatter" (cognates: Latin spargere "to scatter, sprinkle"). The meaning "rain ...
Usage examples of sprinkle.
The police chief had reluctantly told him that the police, liberally sprinkled with Nazis who had been restored to their posts in accordance with the Berchtesgaden ultimatum, could no longer be counted on by the government.
Togarmi, Abulafia freely sprinkled his texts with codes, acrostics, and number-letter puns to simultaneously befuddle his persecutors and communicate freely with knowledgeable Spanish mystics like Joseph Gikatilia, a respected member of his circle.
Cut a large shad into pieces, put a layer in the bottom of an earthen crock, sprinkle with salt, and add a few whole cloves, allspice, peppers, and bay-leaves.
Bishop takes the ampulla, sprinkles the baptismal water with chrism, and straightway the dove vanishes.
Sekhmet had never attempted to attack anybody, but had been fascinated by the smell of the aniseed which had been sprinkled lavishly on the trousers.
While the midget took her bows, Sir John lifted the dwarf horse off the platform and, unnoticed by the applauding crowd, set a sturdy wooden box up there behind Cricket and sprinkled on it some of his lycopodium.
Angela reached for the sugar and sprinkled a spoonful of it into the bowl as the beater churned up the cream.
Pallah and the stray Min who were sprinkled about, salt to season the blander Nemin.
The Bletch is our local groundskeeper, ancillary services and so forth, the man who sprinkles the potted palms in the background and arranges for the billeting of transients such as yourself.
Thinking that she might be really ill I played my part properly, and brought her to herself by sprinkling her with cold water and putting my vinaigrette to her nose.
It was still sprinkling, but Bult turned off his umbrella and collapsed it.
The coffin of the Countess was put to rest there until the buriers should come to bury it in the morning, the wreaths and flowers and streamers were laid over it, the priest sprinkled it again with holy water, and then the funeral was at an end.
Sprinkling a greenish powder into a tall hydrometer jar, The Shadow filled it with water and poured the zircons into it.
Split a mackerel down the back, take out the backbone, sprinkle with salt, and broil on a buttered gridiron.
Open the mackerel, remove the bones, sprinkle with pepper and salt, spread with butter, and broil.