Hypertext Webster Gateway: "drip"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Drip \Drip\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dripped}or {Dript}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Dripping}.] [Akin to LG. drippen, Dan. dryppe, from a
noun. See {Drop}.]
1. To fall in drops; as, water drips from the eaves.
2. To let fall drops of moisture or liquid; as, a wet garment
drips.
The dark round of the dripping wheel. --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Drip \Drip\, v. t.
To let fall in drops.
Which from the thatch drips fast a shower of rain.
--Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Drip \Drip\, n.
1. A falling or letting fall in drops; a dripping; that which
drips, or falls in drops.
The light drip of the suspended oar. --Byron.
2. (Arch.) That part of a cornice, sill course, or other
horizontal member, which projects beyond the rest, and is
of such section as to throw off the rain water.
{Right of drip} (Law), an easement or servitude by which a
man has the right to have the water flowing from his house
fall on the land of his neighbor.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
drip
n 1: flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of
liquid; "there's a drip through the roof" [syn: {trickle},
{dribble}]
2: (architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed
to protect the area below from rainwater [syn: {drip mold},
{drip mould}]
v 1: fall in drops; of liquids
2: let or cause to fall in drops; "dribble oil into the
mixture" [syn: {dribble}]
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