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Drop \Drop\, 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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