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[syn: drop, drib, driblet]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Drib \Drib\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dribbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dribbing.] [Cf. Drip.]
To do by little and little; as:
(a) To cut off by a little at a time; to crop.
(b) To appropriate unlawfully; to filch; to defalcate.
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He who drives their bargain dribs a part. --Dryden.
(c) To lead along step by step; to entice.
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With daily lies she dribs thee into cost. --
Dryden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Drib \Drib\, v. t. & i. (Archery)
To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent. [Obs.]
--Sir P. Sidney.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Drib \Drib\, n.
1. A drop. [Obs.] --Swift.
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2. a small portion or small amount of anything; -- used
mostly in the phrase dribs and drabs.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
drib
n 1: a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid); "he
had a drop too much to drink"; "a drop of each sample was
analyzed"; "there is not a drop of pity in that man";
"years afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet
by driblet"--Kipling [syn: drop, drib, driblet]