| 单词 |
strenkling |
| 释义 |
strinkling, strenkling, vbl. n. Obs. exc. Sc. and dial.
[f. strinkle v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of the verb.
a1300Cursor M. 28580 Of hali water þe strenkling. c1440Promp. Parv. 479/2 Strenkelynge, or sprenkelynge, aspersio.
2. A small quantity or amount sprinkled; also fig. a small proportion intermixed.
1660H. More Myst. Godl. vii. ix. 316 He may also help himself something from those strinklings that are found in prophane Writers. Ibid. viii. xiv. §11. 427 Men whose brains were seasoned with some strinklings at least of Madness and Phrensy. 1743R. Maxwell Sel. Trans. Soc. Impr. Agric. Scot. 83 If in the ensuing Spring, you harrow the Field, adding a strinkling of Clover..before harrowing. 1823E. Moor Suffolk Words s.v., ‘A pretty strinkling of turnips,’ means a goodish plant all over the field. 1883Almondbury & Huddersf. Gloss. s.v., Thus a congregation might consist chiefly of women, with a strinkling of men. |
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