Part 3493

<h1>Dropmeal, Dropmele</h1> <Xpage=456>

<hw><hw>Drop"meal`</hw>, <hw>Drop"mele`</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>drop-m<?/lum</ets>; <ets>dropa</ets> drop + <ets>m<?/l</ets> portion. Cf. <er>Piecemeal</er>.]</ety> <def>By drops or small portions.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Distilling <b>dropmeal</b>, a little at once. <i>Holland.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dropper</h1> <Xpage=456>

<hw>Drop"per</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, drops. Specif.: <fld>(Fishing)</fld> A fly that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A dropping tube.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A branch vein which drops off from, or leaves, the main lode.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it sights game, -- formerly a common, and still an occasional, habit of the setter.</def>

<h1>Dropping</h1> <Xpage=456>

<hw>Drop"ping</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The action of causing to drop or of letting drop; falling.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>That which falls in drops; the excrement or dung of animals.</def>

<cs><col>Dropping bottle</col>, <cd>an instrument used to supply small quantities of a fluid to a test tube or other vessel.</cd> -- <col>Dropping fire</col>, <cd>a continued irregular discharge of firearms.</cd> -- <col>Dropping tube</col>, <cd>a tube for ejecting any liquid in drops.</cd></cs>

<h1>Droppinly</h1> <Xpage=456>

<hw>Drop"pin*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In drops.</def>

<h1>Dropsical</h1> <Xpage=456>

<hw>Drop"si*cal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Dropsy</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Diseased with dropsy; hydropical; tending to dropsy; <as>as, a <ex>dropsical</ex> patient</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to dropsy.</def>

<h1>Dropsicalness</h1> <Xpage=456>

<hw>Drop"si*cal*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>State of being dropsical.</def>

<h1>Dropsied</h1> <Xpage=456>

<hw>Drop"sied</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Diseased with drops.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Dropsy</h1> <Xpage=456>

<hw>Drop"sy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Dropsies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>dropsie</ets>, <ets>dropesie</ets>, OF. <ets>idropisie</ets>, F. <ets>hydropisie</ets>, L. <ets>hydropisis</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ dropsy, fr. <?/ water. See <er>Water</er>, and cf. <er>Hydropsy</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An unnatural collection of serous fluid in any serous cavity of the body, or in the subcutaneous cellular tissue.</def>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<h1>Dropt</h1> <Xpage=456>