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A kind of glass drop with a long tail, made by dropping melted glass into water. It is remarkable for bursting into fragments when the surface is scratched or the tail broken; -- so called from Prince Rupert, nephew of Charles I., by whom they were first brought to England. Called also Rupert's ball, and glass tear.
imp. & p. p. of Drop, v.
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adv.
After the manner of a drop; in the form of drops.
adv.
By drops or small portions.
a.
Diseased with dropsy; hydropical; tending to dropsy; as, a dropsical patient.
a.
Of or pertaining to dropsy.
n.
A branch vein which drops off from, or leaves, the main lode.
adv.
Alt. of Dropmele
n.
State of being dropsical.
n.
That which falls in drops; the excrement or dung of animals.
n.
One who, or that which, drops. Specif.: (Fishing) A fly that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly.
v. i.
To be deep in extent; to descend perpendicularly; as, her main topsail drops seventeen yards.
n.
The larva of any geometrid moth, which drops from trees by means of a thread of silk, as the cankerworm.
n.
A dropping tube.
n.
A little drop; a tear.
pl.
of Dropsy
adv.
In drops.
n.
The action of causing to drop or of letting drop; falling.
a.
Diseased with drops.
n.
A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it sights game, -- formerly a common, and still an occasional, habit of the setter.
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