sparger
English
Etymology
From sparge + -er or equivalent. Compare French asperger (“to sprinkle”), Latin aspergere, spargere.
Noun
sparger (plural spargers)
- A vessel with a perforated cover for sprinkling a liquid.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for sparger in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
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