Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Drop

Drop (?), n. [OE. drope, AS. dropa; akin to OS. dropo, D. drop, OHG. tropo, G. tropfen, Icel. dropi, Sw. droppe; and Fr. AS. dreópan to drip, drop; akin to OS. driopan, D. druip...

6185

Drop (2)

Drop (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Dropped (?) or Dropt; p. pr. & vb. n.Dropping.] [OE. droppen, AS. dropan, v. i. See Drop, n.] 1. To pour or let fall in drops; to pour in small glob...

6186

Drop (3)

Drop, v. i. 1. To fall in drops.The kindly dew drops from the higher tree,And wets the little plants that lowly dwell. Spenser.2. To fall, in general, literally or figuratively;...

6187

Droplet

Drop″let (?), n. A little drop; a tear. Shak.

6188

Droplight

Drop″light′ (?), n. An apparatus for bringing artificial light down from a chandelier nearer to a table or desk; a pendant.

6189

Dropmeal

{ Drop″meal′, Drop″mele′ } (?), adv. [AS. drop-mǣlum; dropa drop + mǣl portion. Cf. Piecemeal.] By drops or small portions.Distilling dropmeal, a little at once. Holland.

6190

Dropper

Drop″per (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, drops. Specif.: (Fishing) A fly that drops from the leader above the bob or end fly.2. A dropping tube.3. (Mining) A branch vein whic...

6191

Dropping

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 ...

6192

Droppingly

Drop″ping‐ly, adv. In drops.

6193

Dropsical

Drop″si‐cal (?), a. [From Dropsy.] 1. Diseased with dropsy; hydropical; tending to dropsy; as, a dropsical patient.2. Of or pertaining to dropsy.

6194

Dropsicalness

Drop″si‐cal‐ness, n. State of being dropsical.

6195

Dropsied

Drop″sied (?), a. Diseased with drops. Shak.

6196

Dropsy

Drop″sy (?), n.; pl.Dropsies (#). [OE. dropsie, dropesie, OF. idropisie, F. hydropisie, L. hydropisis, fr. Gr. � dropsy, fr. � water. See Water, and cf. Hydropsy.] (Med.) An unn...

6197

Dropt

Dropt (?), imp. & p. p. of Drop, v.G. Eliot.

6198

Dropwise

Drop″wise′ (?), adv. After the manner of a drop; in the form of drops.Trickling dropwise from the cleft. Tennyson.

6199

Dropworm

Drop″worm′ (drŏp″wûrm′), n.(Zoöl.) The larva of any geometrid moth, which drops from trees by means of a thread of silk, as the cankerworm.

6200

Dropwort

Drop″wort′ (–wûrt′), n.(Bot.) An Old World species of Spiræa (S. filipendula), with finely cut leaves.

6201

Drosera

‖Dros″e‐ra (drŏs″ē̍‐rȧ), n. [NL., fr. Gr. δροσερόσ dewy.] (Bot.) A genus of low perennial or biennial plants, the leaves of which are beset with gland-tipped bristles. See Sunde...

6202

Drosky

Dros″ky (drŏs″ky̆), n.; pl.Droskies (–kĭz). [Russ. drojki, dim. of drogi a kind of carriage, prop. pl. of droga shaft or pole of a carriage.] A low, four-wheeled, open carriage,...

6203

Drosometer

Dro‐som″e‐ter (?), n. [Gr. δρόσοσ dew + -meter: cf. F. drosométre.] (Meteorol.) An instrument for measuring the quantity of dew on the surface of a body in the open air. It cons...

6204

Dross

Dross (?), n. [AS. dros, fr. dreósan to fall. See Dreary.] 1. The scum or refuse matter which is thrown off, or falls from, metals in smelting the ore, or in the process of melt...

6205

Drossel

Dros″sel (?), n. [Cf. Drazel.] A slut; a hussy; a drazel. Warner.

6206

Drossless

Dross″less, a. Free from dross. Stevens.

6207

Drossy

Dross″y (?), a. [Compar.Drossier (?); superl.Drossiest (?).] Of, pertaining to, resembling, dross; full of dross; impure; worthless. “ Drossy gold.” Dryden. “Drossy rhymes.” Don...

6208

Drotchel

Drotch″el (?), n. See Drossel.

6209

Drough

Drough (?), imp. of Draw. Chaucer.

6210

Drought

Drought (drout), n. [OE. droght, drougth, dru”ð, AS. drugað, from drugian to dry. See Dry, and cf. Drouth, which shows the original final sound.] 1. Dryness; want of rain or of ...