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The word was actually "sparge," a word that any home-brewers have likely come across.

Ah, that's why dictionary.com didn't know what "splarge" meant. Apparently "sparge" is a sprinkling - why would home brewers know this? Genuinely curious here.

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/wiki/index.php/Batch_Sparging

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