adv. and pred. a., prop. phr. [A prep.1 + DRIP.] In a dripping state.

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1864.  D. G. Mitchell, Wet Days at Edgewood, 84. And the pelted leaves all wincing and shining and adrip.

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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 e’er-receding coast,
    Dreaming of their lofty Rome.

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