sparge

Noun

• the act of sprinkling or splashing water
  • baptized with a sprinkling of holy water
    
  • a sparge of warm water over the malt
    

Verb

• scatter with liquid; wet lightly
  • Sprinkle the lawn
    

• agitate by introducing air or compressed gas
  • sparge the water
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  sprinkle , sprinkling , besprinkle