† droplingn.
Obsolete.
A little drop.
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1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de Faur Τετραστικα in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. 677 A dropling of th' Eternall Fount.
1782 J. Elphinston tr. Martial Epigrams iii. lxxxii. 170 His guests to accept a few droplings he asks.
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