besprinkles

The same phenomenon is observed in the case of molluscs also; for in the case of the cuttlefish or sepia, after the female has deposited her eggs, the male besprinkles them.

The History of Animals 2002

Then a Franciscan padre comes with a pail of water and besprinkles the prisoners.

Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America G. Whitfield Ray

And in the end thereof, Blackwell besprinkles it with his blessing, saying, 'Tractatus iste valde doctus, et vere pius et Catholicus est.

Notes and Queries, Number 41, August 10, 1850 Various

Even now an occasional shower of sleet besprinkles the land, only to melt in a few minutes, and leave it fresher and greener than before.

Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers Various

He was greatly impressed by the position of Antioch, 'with its meadows and fruitful gardens, and the murmur of waters as the river, fed by the torrents of the Castalian spring, flows quietly round the town and besprinkles its towers with its gentle waves ... but most to be admired of all is the mountain between town and sea, a noble and remarkable sight -- indeed, a delight to the beholder's eye ... the

The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times Alfred Biese 1893

As a solicitation of the eye on definite grounds these visitors too constituted a successful plastic fact; and even the most superficial observer would have marked them as products of an insular neighbourhood, representatives of that tweed-and-waterproof class with which, on the recurrent occasions when the English turn out for a holiday -- Christmas and Easter, Whitsuntide and the autumn -- Paris besprinkles itself at a night's notice.

The Tragic Muse Henry James 1879

A terrible inheritance is the self-shed blood, which besprinkles the heads of sons and grandsons!

Debts of Honor M��r J��kai 1864

They start again to pass through the fiery furnace, while he re-enters his cool hermitage and besprinkles it with

Twice Told Tales Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834

Here she opes her volume to the view of contemplative minds, and spreads her treasures forth, decked in all the variegated tints that Flora, goddess of the flowery mead and silvery dell, with many coloured hue, besprinkles the luxuriant land.

The English Spy An Original Work Characteristic, Satirical, And Humorous. Comprising Scenes And Sketches In Every Rank Of Society, Being Portraits Drawn From The Life Robert Cruikshank 1828

If he drinks, it is with his mouth full, interrupting the whole company with, "to your good health, Sir," and "my service to you;" perhaps coughs in his glass, and besprinkles the whole table.

The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant John Hamilton Moore 1772