vbl. sb. Obs. exc. Sc. and dial. [f. STRINKLE v. + -ING1.]
1. The action of the verb.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 28580. Of hali water þe strenkling.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 479/2. Strenkelynge, or sprenkelynge, aspersio.
2. A small quantity or amount sprinkled; also fig. a small proportion intermixed.
1660. H. More, Myst. Godl., VII. ix. 316. He may also help himself something from those strinklings that are found in prophane Writers. Ibid., VIII. xiv. § 11. 427. Men whose brains were seasoned with some strinklings at least of Madness and Phrensy.
1743. R. Maxwell, Sel. Trans. Soc. Impr. Agric. Scot., 83. If in the ensuing Spring, you harrow the Field, adding a strinkling of Clover … before harrowing.
1823. E. Moor, Suffolk Words, s.v., ‘A pretty strinkling of turnips,’ means a goodish plant all over the field.
1883. Almondbury & Huddersf. Gloss., s.v., Thus a congregation might consist chiefly of women, with a strinkling of men.
