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Webster 1913 Edition


Drip

Drip

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Dripped
or
Dript
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Dripping
.]
[Akin to LG.
drippen
, Dan.
dryppe
, from a noun. See
Drop
.]
1.
To fall in drops;
as, water
drips
from the eaves
.
2.
To let fall drops of moisture or liquid;
as, a wet garment
drips
.
The dark round of the
dripping
wheel.
Tennyson.

Drip

,
Verb.
T.
To let fall in drops.
Which from the thatch
drips
fast a shower of rain.
Swift.

Drip

,
Noun.
1.
A falling or letting fall in drops; a dripping; that which drips, or falls in drops.
The light
drip
of the suspended oar.
Byron.
2.
(Arch.)
That part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member, which projects beyond the rest, and is of such section as to throw off the rain water.
Right of drip
(Law)
,
an easement or servitude by which a man has the right to have the water flowing from his house fall on the land of his neighbor.

Webster 1828 Edition


Drip

DRIP

,
Verb.
I.
[G.]
1.
To fall in drops; as, water drips from eaves.
2 To have any liquid falling from it in drops; as, a wet garment drips.

DRIP

,
Verb.
T.
To let fall in drops.
The thatch drips fast a shower of rain.
So we say, roasting flesh drips fat.

DRIP

,
Noun.
1.
A falling in drops, or that which falls in drops.
In building, avoid the drip of your neighbors house.
2.
The edge of a roof; the eaves; a large flat member of the cornice.