Sprinkling
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of sprinkling or splashing water
"Baptized with a sprinkling of holy water"
"A sparge of warm water over the malt"
(2) The act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare)
(3) A light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
(4) A small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly
"The first scatterings of green"
"A sprinkling of grey at his temples"