Now rare or arch. [f. SPRING v.1 13, or var. SPRINKLE v.1 Bespringle occurs earlier.] trans. To sprinkle. Also absol.
1502. Arnolde, Chron. (1811), 168. Than thou most moyst them twyes or thries in the day, not yeting but dewyng or springling.
1561. Daus, trans. Bullinger on Apoc. (1573), 100. The postes or dore cheekes of the Israelites were springled with the bloud of the lambe.
1648. Hexham, II. Versprengen, to Strowe, or to Springle here and there. Ibid., Een verspreydinge,… a Scattering, a Springling, or a Sheading abroad.
1799. J. Robertson, Agric. Perth, 172. When the young shoots appear, another springling of earth is given from the trenches.
1910. G. K. Chesterton, Alarms & Discursions, 57. Some overflowings from such a fountain of information may therefore be permitted to springle these pages.
