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drip Med a. the usually intravenous drop-by-drop administration of a therapeutic solution, as of salt or sugar b. the solution administered c. the equipment used to administer a solution in this way drip [drip] (architecture) (hydrology) Condensed or otherwise collected moisture falling from leaves, twigs, and so forth. (materials) Oil which comes through the cloth of a paraffin wax press. Filter drainings too dark to be included in filter stock. (petroleum engineering) A discharge mechanism installed at a low point in a gas transmission line to collect and remove liquid accumulations. Also known as blowcase. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| `mirk midnight' and chivy round to pull the bedstead out of the drip -- and it was one of those solid, old-fashioned beds that weigh a ton -- more or less. The vases on the stone terrace in the foreground catch the rain all day; and the heavy drops fall--drip, drip, drip--upon the broad flagged pavement, called from old time the Ghost's Walk, all night. What the exact system might be, if there was any, beyond the placing of them for a long period of years under the drip, I never discovered, but there they sat, iced over and preserved for ever by the siliceous fluid. |
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