SPARGE

sprinkle, sprinkling, sparge

(noun) the act of sprinkling or splashing water; “baptized with a sprinkling of holy water”; “a sparge of warm water over the malt”

sprinkle, sparge, besprinkle

(verb) scatter with liquid; wet lightly; “Sprinkle the lawn”

sparge

(verb) agitate by introducing air or compressed gas; “sparge the water”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

sparge (third-person singular simple present sparges, present participle sparging, simple past and past participle sparged)

To sprinkle or spray.

(transitive) To introduce bubbles into (a liquid).

Noun

sparge (plural sparges)

(brewing) synonym of lautering

Anagrams

• Gasper, gapers, gasper, grapes, pagers, parges

Source: Wiktionary

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Sparge, v. t. Etym: [L. spargere; cf. F. asperger.]

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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