Drop

drop, n. The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical ma ; globule about to fall; To smallest easily measured portion of a fluid; whatever is arranged to drop, hang, or fall from an elevated position, as, a door or platform opening downward, trapdoor, machine for lowering weights to a a. — ship's deck, contrivance for lowering a gas jet, curtain which drops in front of a stage, etc.; a drop- — pre . (Mach.) Distance of a shaft below the base of a hanger, pi. Any medicine measured by drops. (Xaut.) Depth of a sail, from head to foot, amidships.— v. t. [dropped (dropt), -PING.] To pour or let fall in drops, distill; to cause to descend suddenly, let fall;/ to let go. dismi , set aside; to communicate in ah indirect, cautious, or gentle manner; to to lower, ay£'curtain, the muzzle of a gun, etc.; to as send by$83pping into the post-office box, as a letter; tQ^ficwe¥ with drops, speckle, bedrop; to give birth to. — said of sheep, cattle, etc. — v. i. To distill, fall in globules, let drops fall; to descend suddenly, v. abruptly, or spontaneously: to die suddenly, come to an end, cease; to come unexpectedly; to fall: to exlower. — Drip, v. i. and r. [Tjripped (dript), drip is ping.J To let fall in drops. — n. A falling in drops; that which falls in drops. (Arch.) Edge of a roof; eaves; cornice.— Drip'ping, n. What falls in drops, as fat from roasting meat. — Drib^ble, -bl.?\ i. [-bled (-bid), -bling.] To fall in drops, or in a quick succe ion of drops: to slaver, as a child or idiot. — see v.i. To throw down in drops.— Driblet, -let, n. A of very small drop; small quantity or sum. or Dropsy. drop'sT, n. (Med.) An unnatural collection of serous fluid in any part of the body. (Bot.) A disease of plants, occasioned by exce of water. — Drop's ical. a. Diseased with", like, or pert, to, dropsy. — Drop's icalne , n.