Chapter Dreggy to Dyspnœa of D by Soule's Synonymes

3. Small quantity, very little, least bit.

Drop, v. a.

1. Distil, send down or let fall in drops.

2. Lower, sink, depress, let down, let fall, let go.

3. Leave, quit, forsake, desert, relinquish, abandon, forswear, give up, give over, omit.

4. Discontinue, intermit, remit, cease, desist from, break off, leave off, lay aside.

5. Bedrop, spot, speckle, variegate.

6. Utter (casually), let fall, insert or state in passing, write or send informally.

Drop, v. n.

1. Distil, fall in drops, drip.

2. Fall suddenly.

3. Cease, come to an end, come to nothing.

Drop astern. (Naut.) Move back.

Drop down. (Naut.) Move toward the sea.

Drop in. Call, happen in.

Drop serene. Amaurosis, gutta serena.

Dross, n.

1. Scum, recrement, scoria.

2. Refuse, waste matter.

Drought, n. Dryness (of weather), aridity, drouth, want of rain.

Drouth, n. See drought.

Drove, n.

1. Herd, flock.