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trickle(1) (iou) and Ceram (sh)


trickle(1) (iou)



trickle noun. L16.
[from the verb.]
A slowly flowing drop; a thin halting stream (as) of liquid. Freq. foll. by of.
F. O'Connor Another trickle of people came out of the Odeon. C. Mungoshi Water..flowed in a very thin trickle over..pebbles. J. C. Oates A trickle of perspiration ran down her forehead. A. Cohen The trickle of political exiles..had become a steady stream.
Comb.: trickle-charge verb trans. charge with a trickle charger; trickle charger Electricity a device for charging a storage battery at a low rate over a long period; trickle irrigation Agriculture: involving the supply of a controlled restricted flow of water to a number of points in a cultivated area.
tricklet noun a small trickle L19.

Ceram (sh)




or Seram

Island of the central Moluccas, Indonesia.

It has an area of 6,621 sq mi (17,148 sq km). The terrain is mountainous and covered with tropical forests; seismic activity is common. Portuguese missionaries arriving in the 15th century found Hindu and Islamic influences present; the island came under nominal Dutch control งใ 1650. During World War II the Japanese occupied it; after the war it became part of Indonesia.