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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1632
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(Sprinkilling,) Sprinkling, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. sprinckling (1567); Sprinkil(l v.1] Sprinkling, falling in scattered drops. —1632 Lithgow Trav. iv 137.
[Her] pittifull lookes, and sprinkling teares
