Drop

·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.

XIX. Drop ·noun To cover with drops; to Variegate; to Bedrop.

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.

XXX. Drop ·noun To let go; to Dismiss; to set aside; to have done with; to Discontinue; to Forsake; to give up; to Omit.

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.