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Definition: Drib
Drib
\Drib\, v. t. & i. (Archery)
To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent. [Obs.]
--Sir P. Sidney.
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Drib
\Drib\, n.
1. A drop. [Obs.] --Swift.
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2. a small portion or small amount of anything; -- used
mostly in the phrase dribs and drabs.
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Drib
\Drib\, v. 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.
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He who drives their bargain dribs a part. --Dryden.
(c) To lead along step by step; to entice.
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With daily lies she dribs thee into cost. --
Dryden.
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