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dewdrop|ˈdjuːdrɒp|
[f. dew n. + -drop. Cf. Ger. thau-tropfen, Du. dauw-droppel.]
a. One of the rounded ‘drops’ or globules in which dew collects on surfaces on which it is deposited.
[a1310in Wright Lyric P. xli. 114 Ase fele sythe ant oft as dewes dropes beth weet.] 1590Shakes. Mids. N. ii. i. 14, I must go seeke some dew drops heere, And hang a pearle in euery cowslips eare. 1667Milton P.L. v. 746 Starrs of Morning, Dew-drops, which the Sun Impearls on every leaf, and every flouer. 1788Cowper Stanzas for Year 31 Dew-drops may deck the turf that hides the bones. 1810Scott Lady of L. iii. ii, The lawn Begemmed with dew-drops. 1847Tennyson Princ. vii. 53 When two dewdrops on the petal shake To the same sweet air. 1871Tyndall Fragm. Sc. (1879) I. xi. 342 The little pearly globe which we call a dew-drop.
transf. and fig.1781Cowper Truth 144 The shivering urchin, bending as he goes, With slip-shod heels, and dew⁓drop at his nose. 1807–8W. Irving Salmag. (1824) 161 And feel the dew-drop in my eye. 1826Hood Wee Man xiv, On every brow a dew-drop stood. 1831Carlyle Sart. Res. ii. vi, The heart..unvisited by any heavenly dew-drop.
b. A glass bead resembling a drop of dew.
1880Harper's Mag. June 31/1 ‘Grass-work’ consists in the fastening of small glass beads or ‘dew-drops’ to the artificial blades.
Hence dew-dropped a., covered or bespangled with dew-drops.
1756W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans IV. 201 The dew-dropp'd rose. 1762J. Warton Enthusiast Poems 82 Bladed grass perfumed with dewdropped flowers. 1811W. R. Spencer Poems 161 How bright it's dewdropp'd tint appears! |