Part 3474

<i>Ascham.</i>

<h1>Dribble</h1> <Xpage=454>

<hw>Drib"ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dribbled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dribbing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Freq. of <ets>drib</ets>, which is a variant of <ets>drip</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession of drops; <as>as, water <ex>dribbles</ex> from the eaves</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To slaver, as a child or an idiot; to drivel.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To fall weakly and slowly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "The <i>dribbling</i> dart of love." <i>Shak. (Meas. for Meas. , i. 3, 2)</i>. <altsp>[Perhaps an error for <asp>dribbing</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Dribble</h1> <Xpage=454>

<hw>Drib"ble</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To let fall in drops.</def>

<blockquote>Let the cook . . . <b>dribble</b> it all the way upstairs. <i> Swift.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dribble</h1> <Xpage=454>

<hw>Drib"ble</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A drizzling shower; a falling or leaking in drops.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Dribbler</h1> <Xpage=454>

<hw>Drib"bler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who dribbles.</def>

<h1>Dribblet, Driblet</h1> <Xpage=454>

<hw><hw>Drib"blet</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Drib"let</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Dribble</er>.]</ety> <def>A small piece or part; a small sum; a small quantity of money in making up a sum; <as>as, the money was paid in <ex>dribblets</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>When made up in <b>dribblets</b>, as they could, their best securities were at an interest of twelve per cent. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Drie</h1> <Xpage=454>

<hw>Drie</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Dree</er>.]</ety> <def>To endure.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>So causeless such drede for to <b>drie</b>. <i> Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dried</h1> <Xpage=454>

<hw>Dried</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>imp. & p. p.</tt><def>of <er>Day</er>. Also <i>adj</i>.; <as>as, <ex>dried</ex> apples</as>.</def>

<h1>Drier</h1> <Xpage=454>

<hw>Dri"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, dries; that which may expel or absorb moisture; a desiccative; <as>as, the sun and a northwesterly wind are great <ex>driers</ex> of the earth</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Paint.)</fld> <def>Drying oil; a substance mingled with the oil used in oil painting to make it dry quickly.</def>

<mhw><h1>Drier, compar., Driest</h1> <Xpage=454>

<hw>Dri"er</hw>, <tt>compar.</tt>, <hw>Dri"est</hw>, <tt>superl.</tt></mhw>, <def>of <er>Dry</er>, <tt>a.</tt></def>

<h1>Drift</h1> <Xpage=454>