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sparge

UK/spɑɹd͡ʒ/ uncommon
noun (1) verb (2)

noun

1.

the act of sprinkling or splashing water

  • “baptized with a sprinkling of holy water”
  • “a sparge of warm water over the malt”
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verb

1.

agitate by introducing air or compressed gas

  • “sparge the water”
2.

scatter with liquid; wet lightly

  • “Sprinkle the lawn”
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Origin

Borrowed from Middle French espargier, from Latin spargō (whence English sparse), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pregʰ- (“to scatter, to jerk”).

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