DRIB

v. n.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To do by little and little; as:

2.
v.

To cut off by a little at a time; to crop.

3.
v.

To appropriate unlawfully; to filch; to defalcate. He who drives their bargain dribs a part. Dryden.

4.
v.

To lead along step by step; to entice. With daily lies she dribs thee into cost. Dryden.

5.
v.

To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

6.
n.

A drop. [Obs.] Swift.

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