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dropper
[ drop-er ]
noun
- Also called eyedropper,. a tube with a hollow rubber bulb at one end and a small opening at the other, for drawing in a liquid and expelling it in drops:
For pets that don't like droppers, this medication also comes in a spray.
You can dilute the tempera a little at a time by adding water with an eye dropper.
- the amount held or dispensed by such a tube:
Take two droppers of the echinacea tincture, swish it in your mouth for about 15 seconds, and swallow.
- Angling. a short length of nylon, gut, etc., tied to a leader so that another fly drop·per fly can be attached:
This is a great summer fly that you can fish on a dropper or simply on its own.
- a short-haired dog that is a cross between a pointer and a setter, so named because it drops to the ground, or crouches, on sighting game.
dropper
/ ˈdrɒpə /
noun
- a small tube having a rubber bulb at one end for drawing up and dispensing drops of liquid
- a person or thing that drops
- angling a short length of monofilament by which a fly is attached to the main trace or leader above the tail fly
- a batten attached to the top wire of a fence to keep the wires apart
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An easy way to put varnish in the grooves of a tennis racket is to use a medicine dropper.
The dropper was to be filled with corn, and, thus accoutred, he was ready for doing duty in the newly ploughed field.
“A dibble and a corn-dropper will be more in his way than the rifle, for some weeks to come,” said Mr. Howell.
The dropper is held by its handle while its contents are heated before use.
A hollowed nose-dropper made of metal in the shape of a small kerosene lamp22 is suggested (fig. 9).
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