Obs.–1 [Aphetic f. ASPERGE sb.] A sprinkler.
1675. Evelyn, Philos. Disc. Earth (1676), 143. Gently refresh’d with a dewie sperge or brush, not with the watring-pot, which plainly gluts it.
Obs.–1 [Aphetic f. ASPERGE sb.] A sprinkler.
1675. Evelyn, Philos. Disc. Earth (1676), 143. Gently refresh’d with a dewie sperge or brush, not with the watring-pot, which plainly gluts it.
