Part 3481

<h1>Drinkable</h1> <Xpage=455>

<hw>Drink"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being drunk; suitable for drink; potable. <i>Macaulay</i>. Also used substantively, esp. in the plural.</def>

<i>Steele.</i>

<h1>Drinkableness</h1> <Xpage=455>

<hw>Drink"a*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>State of being drinkable.</def>

<h1>Drinker</h1> <Xpage=455>

<hw>Drink"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who drinks; <as>as, the effects of tea on the <ex>drinker</ex></as>; also, one who drinks spirituous liquors to excess; a drunkard.</def>

<cs><col>Drinker moth</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a large British moth (<spn>Odonestis potatoria</spn>).</cd></cs>

<h1>Drinking</h1> <Xpage=455>

<hw>Drink"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of one who drinks; the act of imbibing.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The practice of partaking to excess of intoxicating liquors.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An entertainment with liquors; a carousal.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Drinking</i> is used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, a <i>drinking</i> song, <i>drinking</i> cup, <i>drinking</i> glass, <i>drinking</i> house, etc.</note>

<cs><col>Drinking horn</col>, <cd>a drinking vessel made of a horn.</cd></cs>

<h1>Drinkless</h1> <Xpage=455>

<hw>Drink"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Destitute of drink.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Drip</h1> <Xpage=455>

<hw>Drip</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dripped</er> <tt>(?)</tt> or <er>Dript</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dripping</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Akin to LG. <ets>drippen</ets>, Dan. <ets>dryppe</ets>, from a noun. See <er>Drop</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To fall in drops; <as>as, water <ex>drips</ex> from the eaves</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To let fall drops of moisture or liquid; <as>as, a wet garment <ex>drips</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>The dark round of the <b>dripping</b> wheel. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Drip</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To let fall in drops.</def>

<blockquote>Which from the thatch <b>drips</b> fast a shower of rain. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Drip</h1> <Xpage=455>

<hw>Drip</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>