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Drib
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A drop. [Obs.] Swift.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To do by little and little; as:
2. To cut off by a little at a time; to crop.
3. To appropriate unlawfully; to filch; to defalcate. He who drives their bargain dribs a part. Dryden.
4. To lead along step by step; to entice. With daily lies she dribs thee into cost. Dryden.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.