·vi To fall in drops.
II. Drop ·vi To fall short of a mark.
III. Drop ·noun Any small pendent ornament.
IV. Drop ·noun A drop press or drop hammer.
V. Drop ·vi To fall dead, or to fall in death.
VI. Drop ·noun To give birth to; as, to drop a lamb.
VII. Drop ·noun Act of dropping; sudden fall or descent.
VIII. Drop ·noun ·same·as Gutta.
IX. Drop ·noun A contrivance for temporarily lowering a gas jet.
X. Drop ·vi To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.
XI. Drop ·noun To lower, as a curtain, or the muzzle of a gun, ·etc.
XII. Drop ·noun The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
XIII. Drop ·noun To send, as a letter; as, please drop me a line, a letter, word.
XIV. Drop ·noun The depth of a square sail;
- generally applied to the courses only.
XV. Drop ·noun A curtain which drops or falls in front of the stage of a theater, ·etc.
XVI. Drop ·noun Any medicine the dose of which is measured by drops; as, lavender drops.
XVII. Drop ·vi To come unexpectedly;
- with in or into; as, my old friend dropped in a moment.
XVIII. Drop ·noun A machine for lowering heavy weights, as packages, coal wagons, ·etc., to a ship's deck.
XX. Drop ·noun To pour or let fall in drops; to pour in small globules; to
Distill.
XXI. Drop ·vi To be deep in extent; to descend perpendicularly; as, her main topsail drops seventeen yards.
XXII. Drop ·vi To come to an end; to
Cease; to pass out of mind; as, the affair dropped.
XXIII. Drop ·vi To fall or be depressed; to
Lower; as, the point of the spear dropped a little.
XXIV. Drop ·noun Whatever is arranged to drop, hang, or fall from an elevated position; also, a contrivance for lowering something.
XXV. Drop ·vi To fall, in general, literally or figuratively; as, ripe fruit drops from a tree; wise words drop from the lips.
XXVI. Drop ·noun To cause to fall in one portion, or by one motion, like a drop; to let fall; as, to drop a line in fishing; to drop a courtesy.
XXVII. Drop ·noun To bestow or communicate by a suggestion; to let fall in an indirect, cautious, or gentle manner; as, to drop hint, a word of counsel, ·etc.
XXVIII. Drop ·noun A door or platform opening downward; a trap door; that part of the gallows on which a culprit stands when he is to be hanged; hence, the gallows itself.
XXIX. Drop ·noun The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a fluid; a small quantity; as, a drop of water.
XXXI. Drop ·noun That which resembles, or that which hangs like, a liquid drop; as a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant on a chandelier, a sugarplum (sometimes medicated), or a kind of shot or slug.