Tric″kle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Trickled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Trickling (?).] [OE. triklen, probably for striklen, freq. of striken to flow, AS. str�can. 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.