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Drop
Drop, early English name for cloth, still retained in America. In England the word is first found in about 1690 to indicate an unframed canvas backcloth which offered a plain surface for painting, free from the central join which marked the earlier ‘pair of flats’ (see FLAT). It was rolled up on a bottom roller, which furled up the drop as it rose. Swords, cloaks, and trains frequently got caught up in the ascending roller and an alternative method known as ‘tumbling’ was then used. A batten was fixed across the back of the drop a third of the way up, and it was taken away in coils, with a loose roller, or ‘tumbler’, inside to weight it and keep the coil straight. As it was not possible to have a practicable door or window in an unframed drop, it was later provided with battens at the back to which doors and windows could be fixed, thus making it, in effect, a single flat which could be flown. The lack of height above the stage made this impracticable in the early theatres.
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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Drop." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Drop." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-Drop.html PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Drop." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-Drop.html |
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drop small quantity of liquid. OE. dropa = OS. dropo, ON. dropi :- Gmc. *dropan-; beside OE. *droppa (whence the present form) = OHG. tropfo (G. tropfen) :- Gmc. *droppan-; f. *drup-, weak grade of the base *dreup- of OE. drēopan fall in drops ( = OS. driopan, OHG. triofan, ON. drjúpa).
So drop vb. fall in drops OE.; let fall XIV. OE. drop(p)ian. |
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T. F. HOAD. "drop." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "drop." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-drop.html T. F. HOAD. "drop." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-drop.html |
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1. Type of arch. 2. Gutta, campanula, droplet, or lachryma (tear-drop) in the Doric Order, or any small pendant. 3. Pendent ornament hanging from the base of a newel-post or beneath a jetty in timber-framed construction. 4. Outlet from an eaves-gutter to a downspout. |
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "drop." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "drop." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-drop.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "drop." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-drop.html |
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Dropa small quantity of liquid; a minute quantity, portion, or particle. Examples: drops of bounty, 1597; of consolation, 1576; of kindness, 1413; of light, 1687; of modesty, 1596; of my riches, 1398; of time, 1813; of words, 1607. |
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"Drop." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Drop." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300568.html "Drop." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300568.html |
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•atop, bop, chop, clop, cop, crop, dop, drop, Dunlop, estop, flop, fop, glop, hop, intercrop, knop, kop, lop, mop, op, plop, pop, prop, screw-top, shop, slop, sop, stop, strop, swap, tiptop, top, underprop, whop, wop
•co-op • bebop • sweatshop • carhop
•hedgehop • bellhop • hiphop • flipflop
•clip-clop • bellyflop • megaflop
•gigaflop • teraflop • rollmop • coin-op
•lollipop • backdrop • airdrop
•sharecrop • namedrop • raindrop
•eavesdrop • Ribbentrop • Winthrop
•agitprop • outcrop • snowdrop
•stonecrop • turboprop • dewdrop
•gumdrop • teardrop • malaprop
•Aesop • sweetsop • milksop
•pawnshop • window-shop • toyshop
•bookshop, cookshop
•barbershop • workshop • ragtop
•blacktop • tanktop • laptop • backstop
•flat-top • hardtop • palmtop • desktop
•tabletop • maintop • treetop • hilltop
•whistle-stop • ripstop • longstop
•foretop • doorstop • shortstop
•screwtop • rooftop • worktop
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"drop." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "drop." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-drop.html "drop." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-drop.html |
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