Rupert's drop

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  ·vi To fall in drops. II. Drop ·vi To fall short of a mark. III. Drop ·noun Any small pendent orna...

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  The new drop; a contrivance for executing felons at Newgate, by means of a platform, which drops fro...

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• drop

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• drop

  , or droop. When a line diverges from a parallel or a curve. It is also a name generally used to t...

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• Toe drop

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• drop coves

  Persons who practice the fraud of dropping a ring or other article, and picking it up before the per...

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• to drop down

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• morning drop

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• new drop

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• drop a cog

  To let fall, with design, a piece of gold or silver, in order to draw in and cheat the person who se...

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• drop astern, to

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