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A small quantity scattered, or sparsely distributed; a sprinkling.

An instrument or vessel used in sprinkling; specifically, a watering pot.

of painting on plastered walls or stone, in which the colors are rendered permanent by sprinklings of water, in which is mixed a proportion of soluble glass (a silicate of soda).

A tinkling. [Obs.]

A sharp sound, as of a bell; a tinkling.

k, sharp sounds, as a piece of metal does when struck; to clink. As sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 1 Cor. xiii. 1. The sprightly horse Moves to the music of his tinkling bells. Dodsley.

Having or making the sound of a bell; tinkling.

A tinkling sound, as of a bell or bells. Poe.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the tinkling of a bell; having a tinkling sound; tintinnabular. De Quincey.

- - used chiefly in Scripture and poetry. We shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump. 1 Cor. xv. 51, 52. The wakeful trump of doom. Milton.

A wink; a twinkling. [Obs.]

To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink. The owl fell a moping and twinkling. L' Estrange.

A cart carrying water; esp., one carrying water for sale, or for sprinkling streets, gardens, etc.

ry soldiers to assemble for the purpose of watering their horses. -- Watering cart, a sprinkling cart. See Water. -- Watering place. (a) A place where water may be obtained, as for a ship, for cattle, etc. (b) A place where there are springs of medicinal water, or a place by the sea, or by some large body of water, t…

A vessel for holding or conveying water, or for sprinkling water on cloth, plants, etc.