(?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dropped (?) or Dropt; p. pr. & vb. n. Dropping.] [OE. droppen, AS. dropan, v. i. See Drop, n.] 1.
To pour or let fall in drops; to pour in small globules; to distill. The trees drop balsam. Creech.
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-The recording angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word and blotted it out forever. Sterne.
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2.
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.
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3.
To let go; to dismiss; to set aside; to have done with; to discontinue; to forsake; to give up; to omit.
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-They suddenly drop't the pursuit. S. Sharp.
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-That astonishing ease with which fine ladies drop you and pick you up again. Thackeray.
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-The connection had been dropped many years. Sir W. Scott.
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-Dropping the too rough H in Hell and Heaven. Tennyson.
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4.
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.
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5.
To lower, as a curtain, or the muzzle of a gun, etc.
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6.
To send, as a letter; as, please drop me a line, a letter, word.
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7.
To give birth to; as, to drop a lamb.
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8.
To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.
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-Show to the sun their waved coats dropped with gold. Milton.
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To drop a vessel (Naut.), to leave it astern in a race or a chase; to outsail it.
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