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A faint view or idea; a glimpse; an inkling.

A faint idea; an inkling.

The act of gurgling; a broken, bubbling noise. "Tinkling gurgles." W. Thompson.

The act of sprinkling. [Obs.] Chapman.

To sound with a fine, sharp, rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound; as, sleigh bells jingle. [Written also gingle.]

Twinkling or gleaming; fickering. "The lambent purity of the stars." W. Irving.

tion of time; a point of time; an instant; as, at thet very moment. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. 1 Cor. xv. 52.

The dashing or sprinkling of coloring matter on the walls of buildings, to imitate granite, etc.

h perforated designs, -- used by embroiderers, lace makers, etc. Pounce box, a box for sprinkling pounce. -- Pounce paper, a transparent paper for tracing.

A box with a perforated lid, for sprinkling pounce, or for holding perfumes. Shak.

The act of sprinkling or scattering. [Obs.]

The act of sprinkling, impregnating, or furnishing, with salt.

ratus used in the process. -- Sand box. (a) A box with a perforated top or cover, for sprinkling paper with sand. (b) A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs on the rails in front of the driving wheel, to prevent slipping. -- Sand-box tree (Bot.), a tropical American tree (Hura crepitans). Its fruit is a d…

The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowing; the expression of displeasure, sullennes, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown. With solemn phiz, and critic scowl. Lloyd.

To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches. The tangled water courses slept, Shot over with purple, and green, and yellow. Tennyson. To be shot of, to be discharged, cleared, or rid of. [Colloq.] "Are you not glad to be shot of him" Sir W. Scott.

To sprinkle; to moisten by sprinkling; as, to sparge paper.

The act of sprinkling. [Obs.] Swift.

A vessel with a perforated cover, for sprinkling with a liquid; a sprinkler.

with any wet substance, as water, mud, or the like; to make wet of foul spots upon by sprinkling; as, to spatter a coat; to spatter the floor; to spatter boots with mud. Upon any occasion he is to be spattered over with the blood of his people. Burke.

est or pungency; a slight flavoring; a relish; hence, a small quantity or admixture; a sprinkling; as, a spice of mischief. So much of the will, with a spice of the willful. Coleridge.