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Webster 1913 Edition

Trickle

Tric′kle

(trĭk′k’l)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Trickled
(trĭk′k’ld)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Trickling
(trĭk′klĭng)
.]
[OE.
triklen
, probably for
striklen
, freq. of
striken
to flow, AS.
strīcan
. See
Strike
,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Trickle

TRICK'LE

,
Verb.
I.
[allied perhaps to Gr. to run, and a diminutive.]
To flow in a small gentle stream; to run down; as, tears trickle down the cheek; water trickles from the eaves.
Fast beside there trickled softly down
A gentle stream.

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