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drib

drib is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.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. He who drives their bargain dribs a part. Dryden. (c) To lead along step by step; to entice. With daily lies she dribs thee into cost. Dryden.
  2. 2.To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
  3. 3.A drop. [Obs.] Swift.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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