spargen.
/spɑːdʒ/, U.S. /spɑrdʒ/ 1. The act of sprinkling or splashing; a sprinkle or slight dash (of liquor, etc.).
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the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of splashing > [noun] > slightly
spattering1604
sparge1808
spatteration1853
1808 in J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang.
1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 56 Chariots and horse-hoofs round did scatter Scamander's sand wi' spairge and splatter.
1867 G. W. Donald Poems 252 A spairge may put us in repair When coughs an' caulds our stammacks pester.
2. Brewing. A spray of warm water sprinkled over the malt.
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > brewing > [noun] > water used in brewing
burnc1565
liquor1736
sparge1839
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 107 The malt is exhausted by eight or ten successive sprinklings of liquor.., which are termed in the vernacular tongue, sparges.
1869 W. Molyneux Burton-on-Trent 244 The ‘sparge’ is set to run on the malt an additional quantity of water.
Compounds
sparge arm n. Brewing a sparge pipe used to sprinkle hot water over the malt, usually arranged to rotate above the tun.
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > brewing > [noun] > brewers' utensils
mash-rule1388
strum1394
tunning dish14..
rudder1410
graner1413
mashel1440
mash rudder1454
pig's foot1467
mask rudder1588
tunnel dish1610
paddle-staff1682
mash1688
mashing staff1688
mash-staff1688
oar1735
mashing-stick1741
porcupine1748
thrum1828
rouser1830
tun-pail1833
mashing oar1836
racker1843
attemperator1854
sparger1858
zymoscope1868
nurse1880
parachute1885
pitching machine1940
sparge arm1947
mash-stick1953
mash oar1974
1947 Brewing (ed. 2) ii. 23 The holes in the actual sparge arms have to be made much larger.
1971 J. S. Hough et al. Malting & Brewing Sci. x. 261 Other rotating machinery within the mash tun comprises sparge arms (which are moved by water pressure) for spraying liquor evenly over the goods.
sparge pipe n. a horizontal perforated pipe used to sprinkle or spray water or other liquids, esp. one used to flush a slab urinal.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] > urinal > pipe of
sparge pipe1910
society > occupation and work > equipment > conveyor > [noun] > conduit, channel, or tube > pipe > other types of pipe
swan-pen1426
service pipe1718
standpipe1728
service1786
jet pipe1795
safety tube1803
gas pipe1807
outlet pipe1837
pipette1839
downpipe1846
nipple1863
downcomer1868
downcome1872
wyea1877
benda1884
Y brancha1884
gas line1887
sparge pipe1910
riser1962
marine riser1972
1910 W. H. Maxwell & J. T. Brown Encycl. Municip. & Sanit. Engin. 444/2 Sparge pipe, a pipe having fine holes drilled throughout its length so as to deliver a spray of water as is required for flushing.
1948 Archit. Rev. 104 289 A sparge pipe on the sky-light ridge cools the glass by water spray in summer.
c1972 Shanks (Barrhead) Catal. 93 Chromium plated flush and sparge pipes with clips.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
spargev.
/spɑːdʒ/, U.S. /spɑrdʒ/ 1. transitive. To plaster; to rough-cast.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > clad or cover [verb (transitive)] > plaster
teer1382
pargeta1398
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tirea1400
spargetc1440
tarras1485
spargen1512
pargen1536
sparge1560
cast1577
through-cast1611
parge1637
emplaster1649
run1849
slur1885
1560 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1875) III. 62 To reparrall the kirk, to lay the throwchis thairof of new and sparge the samyn.
1597 in S. Ree Rec. Elgin (1908) II. 48 The haill eldaris hes promeist a boll lyme ilk ane of thame to sparge the kirk withall.
a1670 J. Lamont Diary June–July (1830) 124 Att this time also, the forepairt of the house was sparged, with the tower head.
1883 T. Lees Easther's Gloss. Dial. Almondbury & Huddersfield 125 Sparge, to point or plaster the inside of a chimney.
2. To bespatter, besprinkle. Also figurative.
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the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of splashing > splash [verb (transitive)] > bespatter
spirtle?1606
spattle1611
sprent1616
spurtle1633
bespatter1674
splash1699
spatter1718
sparge1786
splutter1835
slob1851
splatter1888
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] > sprinkle > sprinkle (a surface) with something
besprengc1000
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to-sprenga1382
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bescatter1631
spurtle1633
spatter1647
consperge1657
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bespatter1674
superseminate1699
asperge1721
sparge1786
spray1861
1786 R. Burns Poems 82 An' Will's a true guid fallow's get, A Name not Envy spairges.
1821 W. Liddle Poems 127 Auld Cloot at last may spairge ye lightly.
3. To dash, splash, or sprinkle (water, etc.) about. Also figurative.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)]
to-shedc888
skairc1175
skaila1400
disparklec1449
scatter?c1450
spartlec1475
sprattlea1500
distribute?c1510
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shudderc1540
crumble1547
pour1574
sperse1580
disject1581
spatter1582
distract1589
sparflec1600
esparse1625
fan1639
disperse1654
sparge1786
the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of splashing > splash [verb (transitive)] > water > about
flashc1460
swash1589
sparge1786
1786 R. Burns Poems 55 O Thou..Wha..Spairges about the brunstane cootie, To scaud poor wretches!
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Spairge, to dash; as, to spairge water.
1875 G. MacDonald Malcolm I. i. 5 Nobody..'at wad gang and spairge sic havers aboot her.
1894 H. Caine Manxman v. iii. 287 The net boiler sparched drops of hot water at intervals.
4.
a. Brewing. To sprinkle (malt) with hot water. Also absol.
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > brewing > [verb (transitive)] > sprinkle with water
sparge1839
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 107 It would keep up an uniform temperature in the goods, without requiring them to be sparged with very hot liquor.
1885 Civilian 3 Jan. 133/1 He, too, sparges for small beer with hot liquor.
b. To aerate (a liquid) with air (in quot. 1973 absol.).
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the world > matter > gas > air > [verb (transitive)] > expose to or supply with > specifically a liquid
sparge1973
1973 Nature 23 Feb. 534/1 The pH was adjusted to 3·8 with concentrated HCl and aeration and mixing accomplished by sparging with air.
Derivatives
ˈsparging n. (also attributive)
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > [noun] > bricklaying and plastering > plastering
plastering1423
pargening1449
plastering-work1538
sparging1590
trullization1656
the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of sprinkling > [noun]
sprengingOE
springinga1382
sprinklingc1400
arrousement1483
sprinkle1575
sparging1836
1590 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (Bannatyne Club) I. iii. 210 Quha had offendit him in nocht spargeing of his chalmer.
1836 Penny Cycl. V. 404/2 If sparging or sprinkling the water over the goods should be adopted..instead of mashing.
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 107 The only serious objection to the sparging system is the loss of time by the successive drainages.
1869 W. Molyneux Burton-on-Trent 245 The malt has had its regulated series of spargings.
1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 274/2 The heat of the sparging water..must be modified by circumstances.
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