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To spatter; to sprinkle. [R.] "And patter the water about the boat." J. R. Drake.

To sprinkle or season with pepper.

To splash or sprinkle with coloring matter; as, to plash a wall in imitation of granite.

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

To pick and adjust the plumes or feathers of; to dress or prink. Pluming her wings among the breezy bowers. W. Irving.

ugh 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.

To sprinkle with powder, or as with powder; to be sprinkle; as, to powder the hair. A circling zone thou seest Powdered with stars. Milton.

Reduced to a powder; sprinkled with, or as with, powder.

Sprinkled or covered with powder; dusty; as, the powdery bloom on plums.

to dress or equip ostentatiously; - - often followed by up; as, to prank up the body. See Prink. In sumptuous tire she joyed herself to prank. Spenser.

One who dresses showily; a prinker. "A pranker or a dancer." Burton.

To dress; to prink; -- usually with up. [Obs.]

Dressing one's self for show; prinking. [Obs.]

To deck with great nicety; to arrange with affected preciseness; to prink.

To dress; to prink; -used humorously or in contempt. Dryden.

To sprinkle; to scatter. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

The act of sprinkling or scattering. [Obs.]

To sprinkle, impregnate, or season with salt; to preserve with salt or in brine; to supply with salt; as, to salt fish, beef, or pork; to salt cattle.

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