Drip \Drip\, n.
1. A falling or letting fall in drops; a dripping; that which
drips, or falls in drops.
The light drip of the suspended oar. --Byron.
2. (Arch.) That part of a cornice, sill course, or other
horizontal member, which projects beyond the rest, and is
of such section as to throw off the rain water.
Right of drip (Law), an easement or servitude by which a
man has the right to have the water flowing from his house
fall on the land of his neighbor.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |