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(trk"k'l), v. i.[imp. & p. p.Trickled (trk"k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n.Trickling (trk"klng).] [OE. triklen, probably for striklen, freq. of striken to flow, AS. strcan. See Strike, v. t.] To flow in a small, gentle stream; to run in drops. His salt tears trickled down as rain. Chaucer. Fast beside there trickled softly down A gentle stream. Spenser. Tric"kle (), 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. スポンサード リンク
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