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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Drop \Drop\, n. [OE. drope, AS dropa; akin to OS dropo, D. drop, OHG. tropo, G. tropfen Icel. dropi, Sw droppe; and Fr AS dre['o]pan to drip, drop; akin to OS driopan D. druipen OHG. triofan G. triefen Icel. drj?pa. Cf {Drip}, {Droop}.] 1. The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence also the smallest easily measured portion of a fluid; a small quantity; as a drop of water. With minute drops from off the eaves. --Milton. As dear to me as are the ruddy drops That visit my sad heart. -- Shak. That drop of peace divine. --Keble. 2. That which resembles, or that which hangs like a liquid drop; as a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant on a chandelier, a sugarplum (sometimes medicated), or a kind of shot or slug. 3. (Arch.) a Same as {Gutta}. b Any small pendent ornament. 4. Whatever is arranged to drop, hang, or fall from an elevated position; also a contrivance for lowering something as: a A door or platform opening downward; a trap door; that part of the gallows on which a culprit stands when he is to be hanged; hence the gallows itself b A machine for lowering heavy weights, as packages, coal wagons, etc., to a ship's deck. c A contrivance for temporarily lowering a gas jet. d A curtain which drops or falls in front of the stage of a theater, etc e A drop press or drop hammer. f (Mach.) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger. 5. pl Any medicine the dose of which is measured by drops; as lavender drops. 6. (Naut.) The depth of a square sail; -- generally applied to the courses only. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. 7. Act of dropping; sudden fall or descent. {Ague drop}, {Black drop}. See under {Ague}, {Black}. {Drop by drop}, in small successive quantities; in repeated portions. ``Made to taste drop by drop more than the bitterness of death.'' --Burke. {Drop curtain}. See {Drop}, n., 4. d . {Drop forging}. (Mech.) a A forging made in dies by a drop hammer. b The process of making drop forgings. {Drop hammer} (Mech.), a hammer for forging, striking up metal, etc., the weight being raised by a strap or similar device, and then released to drop on the metal resting on an anvil or die. {Drop kick} (Football), a kick given to the ball as it rebounds after having been dropped from the hands. {Drop lake}, a pigment obtained from Brazil wood. --Mollett. {Drop letter}, a letter to be delivered from the same office where posted. {Drop press} (Mech.), a drop hammer; sometimes a dead-stroke hammer; -- also called drop. {Drop scene}, a drop curtain on which a scene is painted. See {Drop}, n., 4. d . {Drop seed}. (Bot.) See the List under {Glass}. {Drop serene}. (Med.) See {Amaurosis}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Drop \Drop\, v. i. 1. To fall in drops. The kindly dew drops from the higher tree, And wets the little plants that lowly dwell. --Spenser. 2. To fall, in general, literally or figuratively; as ripe fruit drops from a tree; wise words drop from the lips. Mutilations of which the meaning has dropped out of memory. --H. Spencer. When the sound of dropping nuts is heard. --Bryant. 3. To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops. The heavens . . . dropped at the presence of God. --Ps. lxviii. 8. 4. To fall dead, or to fall in death. Nothing, says Seneca, so soon reconciles us to the thoughts of our own death, as the prospect of one friend after another dropping round us --Digby. 5. To come to an end to cease; to pass out of mind; as the affair dropped. --Pope. 6. To come unexpectedly; -- with in or into as my old friend dropped in a moment. --Steele. Takes care to drop in when he thinks you are just seated. --Spectator. 7. To fall or be depressed; to lower; as the point of the spear dropped a little. 8. To fall short of a mark. [R.] Often it drops or overshoots by the disproportion of distance. --Collier. 9. To be deep in extent; to descend perpendicularly; as her main topsail drops seventeen yards. {To drop astern} (Naut.), to go astern of another vessel; to be left behind; to slacken the speed of a vessel so as to fall behind and to let another pass a head. {To drop down} (Naut.), to sail, row, or move down a river, or toward the sea. {To drop off}, to fall asleep gently; also to die. [Colloq.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Drop \Drop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dropped}or {Dropt}; p. pr & vb n. {Dropping}.] [OE. droppen, AS dropan v. i. See {Drop}, n.] 1. To pour or let fall in drops; to pour in small globules; to distill. ``The trees drop balsam.'' --Creech. The recording angel, as he wrote it down dropped a tear upon the word and blotted it out forever. --Sterne. 2. To cause to fall in one portion, or by one motion, like a drop; to let fall; as to drop a line in fishing; to drop a courtesy. 3. To let go to dismiss; to set aside; to have done with to discontinue; to forsake; to give up to omit. They suddenly drop't the pursuit. --S. Sharp. That astonishing ease with which fine ladies drop you and pick you up again --Thackeray. The connection had been dropped many years. -- Sir W. Scott. Dropping the too rough H in Hell and Heaven. --Tennyson. 4. To bestow or communicate by a suggestion; to let fall in an indirect, cautious, or gentle manner; as to drop hint, a word of counsel, etc 5. To lower, as a curtain, or the muzzle of a gun, etc 6. To send as a letter; as please drop me a line a letter, word 7. To give birth to as to drop a lamb. 8. To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop. Show to the sun their waved coats dropped with gold. --Milton. {To drop a vessel} (Naut.), to leave it astern in a race or a chase; to outsail it From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gutta \Gut"ta\, n.; pl {Gutt[AE]}. [L.] 1. A drop. 2. (Arch.) One of a series of ornaments, in the form of a frustum of a cone, attached to the lower part of the triglyphs, and also to the lower faces of the mutules, in the Doric order -- called also {campana}, and {drop}. {Gutta serena} [L., lit. serene or clear drop] (Med.), amaurosis. {Gutt[ae] band}> (Arch.), the listel or band from which the gutt[ae] hang. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: drop n 1: a shape that is small and round; "he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops"; "beads of sweat on his forehead" [syn: {bead}, {pearl}] 2: a small quantity of liquid; "one drop of each sample was analyzed"; "any child with a drop of negro blood was legally a negro" [syn: {driblet}] 3: a sharp decrease in some quantity: "a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index"; "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery" [syn: {fall}] 4: a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property) 5: a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity; "it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height" [syn: {fall}, {falling}] 6: a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage [syn: {drop curtain}, {drop cloth}] 7: a central depository where things can be left or picked up 8: the act of dropping something "they expected the drop would be successful" v 1: let fall to the ground; "Don't drop the dishes" 2: to fall vertically: "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets" 3: go down in value; "Stock prices dropped" 4: fall or drop to a lower place or level; "He sank to his knees." [syn: {sink}, {drop down}] [ant: {rise}] 5: terminate an association with "drop him from the Republican ticket" 6: utter casually; "drop a hint" 7: stop pursuing or acting; "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off!" [syn: {knock off}] 8: leave or unload, esp. of passengers or cargo; [syn: {set down}, {put down}, {unload}] 9: as of trees or people [syn: {fell}, {strike down}, {cut down}] 10: of games, in sports: "The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13" 11: pay out "spend money" [syn: {spend}, {expend}] 12: lower the pitch of (musical notes) [syn: {flatten}] [ant: {sharpen}] 13: hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling" [syn: {dangle}, {swing}] 14: stop associating with "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock" [syn: {dismiss}, {send packing}, {send away}] 15: get rid of "he shed his image as a pushy boss" [syn: {shed}, {cast}, {cast off}, {shake off}, {throw}, {throw off}, {throw away}] 16: leave undone or leave out "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten" [syn: {neglect}, {omit}, {miss}, {leave out}, {overlook}, {overleap}] [ant: {attend to}] 17: change from one level to another; "She dropped into army jargon" 18: grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated" [syn: {deteriorate}, {degenerate}] [ant: {recuperate}] 19: give birth; used for animals; "The cow dropped her calf this morning"
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