"dropful" meaning in All languages combined

See dropful on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: dropfuls [plural], dropsful [plural]
Etymology: From drop + -ful. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|drop|ful|pos=noun}} drop + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun|s|dropsful}} dropful (plural dropfuls or dropsful)
  1. A single drop (of a liquid).

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1902, Sir Walter Scott. v.23-24. Percy Bysshe Shelley, page 747:",
          "text": "When the good skipper and his careful crew Have had their latest earthly draught of brine, And gone to quench, or to endure their thirst, Where nectar's plenty, or even water's scarce, And filter'd to the parched crew by dropsful.",
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          "ref": "1984, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, My transportation for life, page 553:",
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          "ref": "1995, Susan Miller Cavitch, The Natural Soap Book: Making Herbal and Vegetable-Based Soaps:",
          "text": "When I first learned to make soap, the 12-pound recipe I found called for only a few dropfuls of essential oil.",
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          "ref": "1995, Susan Miller Cavitch, The Natural Soap Book: Making Herbal and Vegetable-Based Soaps:",
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