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4 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: drip n : the formation and falling of drops of liquid; "there's a drip through the roof" [syn: {trickle}, {dribble}] 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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