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Webster 1913 Edition
Drib
Drib
,Verb.
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.
(c)
To lead along step by step; to entice.
With daily lies she
dribs
thee into cost. Dryden.
Drib
,Verb.
T.
& I.
(Archery)
To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent.
[Obs.]
Sir P. Sidney.
Drib
,Noun.
1.
A drop.
[Obs.]
Swift.
2.
a small portion or small amount of anything; – used mostly in the phrase dribs and drabs.
Webster 1828 Edition
Drib
DRIB
,Verb.
T.
DRIB
,Noun.