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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Drip \Drip\, n.
1. A falling or letting fall in drops; a dripping; that which
drips, or falls in drops.
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The light drip of the suspended oar. --Byron.
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2. (Arch.) That part of a cornice, sill course, or other
horizontal member, which projects beyond the rest, and is
of such section as to throw off the rain water.
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{Right of drip} (Law), an easement or servitude by which a
man has the right to have the water flowing from his house
fall on the land of his neighbor.
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