dreyling (driling)

An old Danish copper dreyntt. An obsolete past participle of drench1. Drey ena, n. See Drei ena. drib1+ (drib), v. [A dial. var., like drub, of ME. drepen, hit, strike, slay: see drub. In part (def. 2) mixed with drib2, dribblel, q. v.] I. trans. 1. To cut off; chop off. Dekker. Specifically2. To cut off little by little; cheat by small and reiterated tricks; purloin. He who drives their bargains dribs a part. Dryden. IMG:content-3158.png:[blocks in formation] driddle