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† ˈdrop-meal, adv. Obs.
[OE. drop-mǽlum, f. drop n.: see -meal.]
In drops, drop by drop.
c1000ælfric Hom. I. 508 Yrnþ dropmælum swiðe hluttor wæter. a1225Ancr. R. 282 In hire he heldeð nout one dropemele, auh ȝeoteð vlowinde wellen of his grace. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xi. vii. (1495) 393 Rayne fallyth..thenne and thenne and dropmele. 1647Trapp Comm. Acts xii. 8 As the cloud dissolves drop-meal upon the earth.
b. Often with by: = prec. Hence as n.
1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. i. 1 These good things that are as by dropmeale poured into vs from heauen. 1577Harrison England iii. viii. (1878) ii. 58 To them that make their water by dropmeales. 1601Holland Pliny II. 40 Physicians vse to instill the juice of the Radish by drop-meale into the eares. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 440 Which..cannot void his water but by drops-meal. |