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adrip
/əˈdɹɪp/
adj 4
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4ADJ.
empty
VERB + ADRIP
dammed, smell
ADRIP + NOUN
horns, orchards
PREP.
from, with
Definitions
adj
1
Dripping.
There was a gurgling and spurting sound as of dammed water adrip.
[…] the air [was] sweet with the sap adrip from the orchards lately pruned […]
2
Covered (with a liquid) to the point that it drips; having a liquid dripping off it.
The dust in the road was laid; trees were adrip with moisture; birds sat silent in their coverts; the morning light was wan and ghastly […]
And she with Goban’s wine adrip, No more remembering what had been, Stared at the gods with laughing lip.
3
Covered or filled (with something) as if to the point of dripping.
[…] he [Andrew Marvell] was witty with the wittiest; was caustic, humorous; his pages adrip with classicisms;
the humanitarian, all adrip with brotherhood and profoundly convinced of the loveliness of his own soul
4
Intoxicated with alcohol.
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There was a gurgling and spurting sound as of dammed water adrip.
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[…] the air [was] sweet with the sap adrip from the orchards lately pruned […]
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Out in the trading post he could hear them playing seven-up, could smell the brandy adrip from empty horns at the players’ elbows.
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