drip stick (dripstik)

In stone-sawing, a stick with an iron hook or a blade at the end, serving as a spout to conduct water slowly from a barrel to the stone to keep the kerf wet. dripstone (drip's ton), n. 1. In arch., a pro Gate of Close, Salisbury Cathedral, England. D, D, dripstone. (Right-hand figure shows a section of the gateway.) jecting molding or cornice over a doorway, window, etc., to prevent rain-water from trickling down. It is of various forms, and terminates at each end in a head or other sculptured device serving for support or merely for ornament, or sometimes in a simple molding. Also called weather - molding, or hood - mold ing, and, when returned square, label. 2. A filtering-stone: so called by seamen.