drib

Definition

To cut off; chop off.

Etymology

From dialectal English drib (compare also drub), a variant from Middle English drepen (“to hit, strike, slay”), from Old English drepan (“to strike, kill, overcome”), from Proto-Germanic *drepaną (“to hit, strike”).

Example Sentences

• "With daily Lies ſhe dribs thee into Coſt; / That Ear-ring dropt a Stone, that Ring is loſt: / They often borrow what they never pay; / What e'er you lend her think it thrown away."
• "He who drives their bargains dribs a part."
• "Not at first sight, nor with a dribbèd shot, / Love gave the wound […]"