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Webster 1828 Edition
Drops
DROPS
,Verb.
T.
1.
To pour or let fall in small portions or globules, as a fluid; to distill.The heavens shall drop down dew. Deuteronomy 33.
2.
To let fall as any substance; as, to drop the anchor; to drop a stone.3.
To let go; to dismiss; to lay aside; to quit; to leave; to permit to subside; as, to drop an affair; to drop a controversy; to drop a pursuit.4.
To utter slightly, briefly or casually; as, to drop a word in favor of a friend.5.
To insert indirectly, incidentally, or by way of digression; as, to drop a word of instruction in a letter6.
To lay aside; to dismiss from possession; as, to drop these frail bodies.7.
To leave; as, to drop a letter at the post office.8.
To set down and leave; as, the coach dropped a passenger at the inn.9.
To quit; to suffer to cease; as, to drop an acquaintance.10.
To let go; to dismiss from association; as, to drop a companion.11.
To suffer to end or come to nothing; as, to drop a fashion.12.
To bedrop; to speckle; to variegate, as if by sprinkling with drops; as a coat dropped with gold.13.
To lower; as, to drop the muzzle of a gun.