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Show DR D-R wine, being overpowered by fo vafk a quantity o water, will be turned into it; he fpeaks very im probably Admiring in the gloomy fhade Thofe little dreps of light Boyle Waller Had I but known that Sancho was his father I would have pour'd a deluge of my bloo Dryden's Spanifb Friar To fave one drgp of his 2. Diamond hanging in the ear The drops to thee, Brillante, we confign Pope And, Momentilla, let the watch be thine Dropr SERENE. 7. /. [gutta ferena, Lat. A difeafe of the eye, proceeding from a infpiffation of the humour So thick a drop fbrene hath quench'd their orbs Milton's Pavadife Loft Or dim fuffufion veil'd 9o Dror. w. a. [onoppan, Saxon. 1. To pour in drops or fingle globules His heavens fhall ¢rop down dew. Deut. xxxiii. 28 2. To let fall from a higher place Others o'er chimney tops and turrets row And drop their anchors on the meads below. Dryd One only hag remain'd Propp'd on her trufty ftaff, not half wpright And dropp'd an aukward court'fy to the knight Dryden St. John himfelf will fcarce forbea Savift To bite his pen and drop a tear 3. To let go; to difmifs from the hand, o the pofieflion Though I coul With barefac'd power fiveep him from my fight And bid my will avouch it; yet I muft not For certain friends that are both his and mine Whofe loves I may not drop > Shake[p. Macbeth Thofe who have affumed vifible fhapes for feafon, can hardly be reckoned among this orde of compounded beings; becaufe they drop their bodies, and diveft themfelves of thofe vifible fhapes Watts's Logick 4. Toutter flightly or cafually Drap not thy word againft the houfe of Ifaac Amos 5. To infert indiretly, or by way of digreflion St. Paul's epiftles contain nothing but points o Chriftian inftru&ion, amongft which he feldo tails to drop in the great and diftinguithing doc_ trines of our holy religion Locke ©. To intermit ; to ceafe Where the a¢t is unmanly or immoral, we ough to drgp our hopes, or rather néver entertain them Collier on Defpair After having given this judgment in its favour they fuddenly dropt the purfuit Sharp's Surgery 7. To quit a mafter I have beat the hoof till T have worn out thef fthoes in your fervice, and not one penny left me t buy more; fo that you muft-even excufe me if L' Efirange drop you here 8. To let go a dependant, or companion without farther affociation She "drilled him on to five-and-fifty," and wil drop him in his old age, if fhe can find her accoun in another Addifon They have no fooner fetched themfelves up t the fafhion of the polite world, but the town ha dl‘G/:/)C[{ them Add/‘fi;/ Mention either of the kings of Spain or Poland and he talks notably; butif you go out of the Ga zette, you drop him Addifon 9. To fuffer to vanith, or come to nothing Thus was the fame of our Saviour perpetuate by fuch records as woul preferve the traditionar account of him to after-ages ; and re@ify it, if, b pafling through feveral generations . any part that wa matenal it might dro A‘{dy},,; Opinions, like fathions, always defcend fro thofe of quality to the middle fort, and thenc t the vulgar, where they are dropped and vanith Swift 10. To bedrop; to fpeckle; to variegat ~with fpots, Variis flellatus corpora guttis Or fporting, withith quick quick §glanc dro}:/)‘ Shew to the fun their wav'd coats alkalefcent nature of the falts t erum of blood rbuthye o0 Al Dro'rs1eD. adj. [from drop[ . Milton gold ‘Where great addition fiel DROPSY. . /. [lydraps, Lating. whemc anciently hydro 2. Tolet drops fall ; to difcharge itfelf i drops fro 3. To fall; to come from a higher place Some ftirr'd the molten ore with lad| es great And every one did fwink, and every on dig fiveat thou live, till, like ripe fruit, tho 2. Raft dro incruftation upon metal An_emperor, hid under a cruft of drafs, afte Milton cleanfing, has appeared with all his titles frefy ap 5. To fall in death ; to die fuddenly beautiful Addi[,,, 3. Refufe ; leavings; fweepings; an thing remaining after the removal of th better part; dregs ; feculence; corrup tion It was your prefurmife That in the dole of blows your fon might drop Shakefpeare 6. To die Nothing, fays Seneca, fo foon reconciles us t the thoughts of our own death, as the profpect o one friend after another dropping round us Sith all world's glory is but drofs unclean And in the fhade of death itfelf fhall fhroud However now thereof ye little ween t Spenfe That moft divine light only fhineth on thof minds which ate purged from all worldly drsfs an human uncleannefs Raleigh Virgil's friends thought fit to let drop this incident of Helen Addifon's Trawvels I heard of threats occafioned by my verfes: fent to acquaint them where I was to be found, an All treafures and all gain efteem as drofs And dignities and pow'rs, all but the higheft, M Such precepts exceedingly difpofe us to piet and religion, by purifying our fouls from the drgf Pope and filth of fenfual delights Dro'ssinEess - Tillotforr 2. /. [from drofy.] -Foul nefs ; feculence Some old acquaintance, drop into the place ruft The furnace of afflition refines us from earthl droffinefs, and foftens us for the impreflion of God' framp Spectatory No 448 1. Ful Dro'pring. 2. /. [from drep. 1. That which falls in drops {coriou o recrementitiou parts ; full of drofs So doth the fire the droffy gold refine. - Dagitt For, by the fire, they emit not only many drif and fcorious parts, but whatfoever they had received either from earth or loadftone Brogon's Vulgar Errours 2. Worthlefs Thrifty wench fcrapes kitchen-ftoff o foul; feculent Your intention hold As five thefe droffy thymes to purify Or as elixir to change them into gold Donne Donie 2. That which drops when the centinuou perhaps fio [corrupte / 7 DRro'TcHEL fiream ceafes in Chaucer, ‘isi;ozdle Strain out the laft dull dioppings of your fenfe And rhyme with all the rage of impotence. Pope A little drop Thou abhorr'dft in us our human griefs Scorn'd our brine's fiow, and thofe our droplets whic From niggard nature fall Shakefpeare's Timon Dro'psTONE. 2. /. [drop and ffone.] Spa formed into the fhape of drops. #oodw Dro'pworT. # f. [drop and awert.] plant of various {pecies Dro'rsicar. adj. [from dropfy.] Difeafe with a dropfy ; hydropical ; tending t a dropfy The diet of nephritick and dropfical perfon ought to be fuch as is oppofite to, and fubducth, the dretchel. To dretch to delay. Droch, in Frifick, is delny. An idl tifh it i DrovE. 7 1. A bod wench; a fluggard ftill ufed /. [from drive.] or number of cattl ufed of oxen or black cattle They brough ln Scot generall to their ftations many 'drwes o __O brough wer day fe withi an cattl of the country two thoufand muttons o Tfar ) T Boyk Dro'ssy. adj. [from drofs. Often it drops or overfhoots by the difproportion of diftance or application Collier Dro'preT. 2. / Fair proud, now tell me why fhould fair be proud Dighy to Pope And barrelling the droppings and the fnuf Of wafting candles li Shoul church to deprive herfelf of fo m than learn hgw, by art and judgxg};nff k:;;t;l; fepamtion.of the one from the other Hokey 4. To fall fpontaneoudly 9. To fall fhort ofa mark Sharp came Philofophers conjecture that you dropped fro the moon, or one of the ftars. Gulliver's Trawels In every revolution, approaching nearer an nearer to the fun, this comet muft at laft 4rop int Cheyne the fun's body Carelefs and qualmith, with a yawning face Dryden He could never make any figure in company but by giving difturbance at his entry: and therefore takes care to drgp in when he thinks you ar trava 1. The recrementor defpumatio o m t l Some feumm'd the drofs that f Dryden Either you come not here, or, as you grac DROSS. 7. /. [onoy, Saxon. And cold Lyczeus wept from every dropping ftone 8. To come unexpectedly a fpecies of 4 fation of water'l'odged in the c;;{fi s ,of the membran adipofa Beneath a rock he figh'd alone juft featgd too lax a tone of the fojig An anafarca Stain'd with my blood th' unhofpitable coaft Dryden's Zncid 7. To fink into filence; to vanifh come to nothing: a familiar phrafe whereby digeftion is weakened, and alf the parts ftuffed 'flcy The cruel nation, covetous of prey fo it dropped ify, thence aropify, dros A collection of water in the bnd"p /- The heavens dropped at the prefence of God Pfalm Ixvii. 8 While cumber'd with my dropping cloaths I lay Into thy mother's lap; or be with eaf Gather'd, not harfhly pluck'd %t is a dropfied honour: go:d ?I::: s good eare's AiPs qyel fb'a; e d The quality of mércy is not ftrain'd; Tt droppeth as the gentle rain from heave Shak. Merch. of thfe Upon the place beneath So mayf Dg:;: with a dropfy 7o Dror. v, n es ba gl gl fi o ps dr i fal T 1 ;,c. Hayward A Spaniard is unacquainted with our n%r:;l;l;' dl'o'"UL'S 2. A number of theep driven. To an ber of oxen we regularly oppole, not drowe, but a flock, of fheep b ma e o o r h a o A drove of fheep manag ' Tief i |