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To fall in drops; as, water drips from the eaves.

That which falls in drops, as fat from meat in roasting. Dripping pan, a pan for receiving the fat which drips from meat in roasting.

Weak or rare. [Obs.]

A drip, when made of stone. See Drip, 2.

In a dripping state; as, leaves all adrip. D. G. Mitchell.

Divided into four parts.

In four parts.

A division or distribution by four, or into four parts; also, a taking the fourth part of any quantity or number.

Having four wings; -- said of insects.

Having four leaves; quadrifoliate.

To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.

A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.

usy slave, that . . . rode with the black guard in the duke's carriage, 'mongst spits and dripping pans. Webster (1612).

-- Bond (or lap) of a slate, the distance between the top of one slate and the bottom or drip of the second slate above, i. e., the space which is covered with three thicknesses; also, the distance between the nail of the under slate and the lower edge of the upper slate. -- Bond timber, timber worked into a wall to…

Bread soaked in broth, drippings of roast meat, milk, or water and butter.

Classic cornice, the under side of which is cut with a recess or channel so as to form a drip. See Illust. of Column.

the lips of horses. Flap tile, a tile with a bent up portion, to turn a corner or catch a drip. -- Flap valve (Mech.), a valve which opens and shuts upon one hinged side; a clack valve.

The juice or other liquid matter that drips from flesh in cooking, made into a dressing for the food when served up.

A pendent, and usually conical, mass of ice, formed by freezing of dripping water; as, the icicles on the eaves of a house.

atmeal boiled in water to a certain consistency and frequently stirred, or of oatmeal and dripping mixed together and stirred about in a pan; a hasty pudding.