Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Dribbing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dribble \Drib"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dribbled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Dribbing}.] [Freq. of drib, which is a variant of drip.]
1. To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession
of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves.
2. To slaver, as a child or an idiot; to drivel.
3. To fall weakly and slowly. [Obs.] ``The dribbling dart of
love.'' --Shak. (Meas. for Meas., i. 3, 2). [Perhaps an
error for {dribbing}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Drib \Drib\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dribbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Dribbing}.] [Cf. {Drip}.]
To do by little and little; as:
(a) To cut off by a little at a time; to crop.
(b) To appropriate unlawfully; to filch; to defalcate.
He who drives their bargain dribs a part. --Dryden.
(c) To lead along step by step; to entice.
With daily lies she dribs thee into cost. --
Dryden.
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