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Definition of Drips
1. drip [v] - See also: drip
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drips
Literary usage of Drips
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Steam Power Plant Engineering by George Frederick Gebhardt (1917)
"drips. — No matter how thoroughly a steam pipe or reservoir may be covered with
insulating material considerable condensation takes place. ..."
2. Steam Power Plant Engineering by George Frederick Gebhardt (1913)
"drips. — No matter how thoroughly a steam pipe or reservoir nay be ... The entrained
water and water of condensation are usually spoken of as "drips. ..."
3. Steam Power Plant Piping System: Their Design, Installation and Maintenance by William Lorenzo Morris (1909)
"36 and 37 show steam drips discharging direct to the boilers and not by way of
... System; Discharge of Steam drips to Heater by Trap. lowered at any time ..."
4. Hand Book of Natural Gas by Henry Palmer Westcott (1920)
"Blow-offs and drips—Place blow-offs or drips on the main field line in the ...
These drips or blow-offs should be visited often and kept free from water. ..."
5. Domestic Sanitary Engineering and Plumbing by Frank W. Raynes (1920)
"drips are easily formed if the upstand lead, or that which lies on the roof
surface, is first bent down and inwards; this enables the end of the gutter to ..."
6. Proceedings by Natural Gas Association of America, Modern Language Association of America (1921)
"... drips ON LOW PRESSURE MAINS WHEN NECESSARY TO REMOVE WATER WITH FROST DEEP IN
GROUND j. B. PORTERFIELD AND CD SMITH, UNITED NATURAL ..."
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