drip

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DRIP, verb intransitive [G.] 1. To fall in drops; as, water drips from eaves. 2 To have any liquid falling from it in drops; as, a wet garment drips. DRIP, verb transitive To let fall in drops. The thatch drips fast a shower of rain. So we say, roasting flesh drips fat. DRIP, noun 1. A falling in drops, or that which falls in drops. In building, avoid the drip of your neighbors house. 2. The edge of a roof; the eaves; a large flat member of the cornice.
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