drinker, drinkere, drynkare, drynkere

[A. S. drincere; O. H. Ger. trinkari.] 1. Gen.: One who drinks. "Its contents the drinker drew off till he was satisfied." -Cook: Voyages , vol. i., bk. i., ch. iii. 2. Spec.: One who drinks intoxicating liquors to exce ; a tippler, a drunkard. "As a drinker past control, With the red wine on his soul." 1545 2. To be so saturated with moisture that drops fall from it. "The land from the southward of Chiloe to near Concepcion (lat. 37), is hidden by one dense forest dripping with moisture."-Darwin: Voyage round the World (1810), ch. xi., p. 245. *B. Transitive: 1. To let fall in drops. "Her flood of tears Seem like the lofty barn of some rich swain, Which from the thatch drips fast a shower of rain." Swift . 2. To drop fat in roasting. "[His] offered entrails shall his crime reproach, And drip their fatne from the hazel broach." Dryden: Virgil ; Georgio ii. 546, 547. drip, *drippe, *dryppe, s. [A. S. drypa .] I. Ordinary Language : 1. The falling in drops; a dripping. "On the ear Drops the light drip of the suspended oar." Byron: Childe Harold, iii. 86. 2. That which falls in drops; drippings. "Water may be procured for nece ary occasions from the heavens, by preserving the drips of the houses."Mortimer: Husbandry. II. Arch .: The projecting edge of a molding or corona, channeled beneath. Right of drip: drive (2) To cause to enter any substance by force; to knock into anything. "The nails in his head and fete that driven wer." Cursor Mundi, 21,778. (3) To force or urge forward by pre ure. "Shield urged on shield, and man drove man along." Pope Homer's Iliad , xvi. 261. (4) To cause to move forward; to urga forward under guidance. "There find a herd of heifers, wandering o'er The neighboring hill, and drive them to the shore." Add is on: Rape of Europa , 13, 14. (5) To blow or hurry along violently. "He gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow."- Isaiah xli. 2. (6) To force or urge in different directions, to scatter. IMG:content-0538.png:[blocks in formation]