sparge
v.
scatter, sprinkle; agitate a liquid by way of compressed air or gas going in through a pipe
n.
act of sparging
Sparging
sparge
Noun
1. the act of sprinkling or splashing water; "baptized with a sprinkling of holy water"; "a sparge of warm water over the malt"
(synonym) sprinkle, sprinkling
(hypernym) watering
Verb
1. agitate by introducing air or compressed gas; "sparge the water"
(hypernym) shake, agitate
2. scatter with liquid; wet lightly; "Sprinkle the lawn"
(synonym) sprinkle, besprinkle
(hypernym) wet
spargere
v.
scatter, spill, shed, spread, strew, sprinkle, sow, waft, throw about, throw around
Sparge
(v. t.)
To sprinkle; to moisten by sprinkling; as, to sparge paper.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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