adv. and pred. a., prop. phr. [A prep.1 + DRIP.] In a dripping state.
1864. D. G. Mitchell, Wet Days at Edgewood, 84. And the pelted leaves all wincing and shining and adrip.
1881. S. V. Cole, in Atlantic Monthly, XLVII. 251.
In the distance seem to be | |
Boats upon the toiling sea, | |
Oars adrip with silver foam; | |
Wave-tossed men of Troy almost | |
Grasp the eer-receding coast, | |
Dreaming of their lofty Rome. |