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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3

Part of speech: noun (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. 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.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To let fall in drops. Which from the thatch drips fast a shower of rain. Swift.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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