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aspersion(dictionary)
aspersion(dictionary)

rodded (iou) and aspersion (iou)


rodded (iou)



rodded adjective. M16.
[from ROD noun, verb: see -ED2, -ED1.]
Formed into rounded pleats. rare. Only in M16.
Made or provided with rods. M16.
Shaped like a rod. M19.
Foll. by up: armed with a gun or guns. US slang. E20.

aspersion (iou)



aspersion noun. LME.
[Latin aspersio(n-), formed as ASPERSE: see -ION.]
I.
The action of sprinkling or scattering liquid, esp. in baptism. LME.
J. Foxe By the aspersion of the bloud of Jesus Christ.
The sprinkling in of an ingredient; admixture. E-M17.
Bacon Divinity Morality and Policy, with great aspersion of all Other artes.
Calumniation, defamation. M17.
W. Cowper Aspersion is the babbler's trade, To listen is to lend him aid.
II.
A calumny, a slander, a false insinuation. L16.
Esp. in cast aspersions (on): see CAST verb.
A shower, a spray. arch. E17.
Shakespeare Tempest No sweet aspersion shall the heavens let fall To make this contract grow.