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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dropper \Drop"per\, n.
1. One who or that which drops. Specif.: (Fishing) A fly
that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly.
2. A dropping tube.
3. (Mining) A branch vein which drops off from or leaves,
the main lode.
4. (Zo["o]l.) A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when
it sights game, -- formerly a common, and still an
occasional, habit of the setter.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
dropper
n : a small tube with a vacuum bulb at one end for drawing
liquid in a releasing it a drop at a time [syn: {eye
dropper}]
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