drib
    n 1: a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid); "he
         had a drop too much to drink"; "a drop of each sample was
         analyzed"; "there is not a drop of pity in that man";
         "years afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet
         by driblet"--Kipling [syn: drop, drib, driblet]

Drib \Drib\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dribbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Dribbing.] [Cf. Drip.]
   To do by little and little; as:
   (a) To cut off by a little at a time; to crop.
   (b) To appropriate unlawfully; to filch; to defalcate.
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             He who drives their bargain dribs a part. --Dryden.
   (c) To lead along step by step; to entice.
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             With daily lies she dribs thee into cost. --
                                                  Dryden.
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Drib \Drib\, v. t. & i. (Archery)
   To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent. [Obs.]
   --Sir P. Sidney.
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Drib \Drib\, n.
   1. A drop. [Obs.] --Swift.
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   2. a small portion or small amount of anything; -- used
      mostly in the phrase dribs and drabs.
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