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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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STRINTLE, v., n. [strɪntl]

I. v. tr. To sprinkle, scatter, strew; intr. to trickle, straggle (Cai. 1904 E.D.D., Cai. 1971); to squirt, spurt (Cai. 1971).ne.Sc. 1921 Swatches o' Hamespun 9:
[They] strintled pooder pluffs ower the earthen fleer.Abd. 1950 Banffshire Jnl. (11 July):
So rank and strong were the cornstalks that on the margin of the field, the oats sometimes “strintled oot and got in amo' the sauch wands.”

II. n. A small stream or trickle of liquid, a spurt, squirt (Cai. 1904 E.D.D., Cai. 1971).Cai. 1939:
The coo juist gives a strintle o milk.