spargeficationn.
The action of sprinkling or scattering.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [noun] > scattering in small particles or sprinkling
sprengingOE
sprengea1350
springinga1382
bespringing1398
sprinklingc1400
sprainture1481
springling?1549
inspersion1568
conspersionc1572
sprinkle1575
respersion1635
spargefaction1704
spargefication1834
sprayinga1884
1834 F. Marryat Jacob Faithful I. ii. 36 Wiping off his share of my liberal spargefication from his coat and waistcoat.
1836 E. Howard Rattlin xiii There was much spargefication of powder.
1892 Sat. Rev. 27 Aug. 257/1 There is a liberal spargification of melted butter over divers of the author's contemporaries.
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