GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 2 definitions

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   Trickle , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trickled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Trickling .] [OE. triklen, probably for striklen, freq. of striken to flow, AS. strīcan. See Strike, v. t.] To flow in a small, gentle stream; to run in drops.
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   His salt tears trickled down as rain.
   Chaucer.
   
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   Fast beside there trickled softly down
   A gentle stream.
   Spenser.
   
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   Trickle , n. The act or state of trickling; also, that which trickles; a small stream; drip.
   Streams that . . . are short and rapid torrents after a storm, but at other times dwindle to feeble trickles of mud.
   James Bryce.
   
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