driblet
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (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”Synonyms: dropdribType of small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amountKinds tear, droplet, eyedrop, raindrop
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Drib′blet, Drib′let noun
Origin: From Dribble.
A small piece or part; a small sum; a small quantity of money in making up a sum; as, the money was paid in dribblets.
When made up in dribblets, as they could, their best securities were at an interest of twelve per cent.— Edmund Burke
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54