Dictionary entry

Dropping

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Drop″ping (?), n. 1. The action of causing to drop or of letting drop; falling.

2. pl. That which falls in drops; the excrement or dung of animals.

Dropping bottle, an instrument used to supply small quantities of a fluid to a test tube or other vessel. — Dropping fire, a continued irregular discharge of firearms. — Dropping tube, a tube for ejecting any liquid in drops.