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Dropping bottle

Dropping \Drop"ping\, n.

  1. The action of causing to drop or of letting drop; falling.

  2. pl. That which falls in drops; the excrement or dung of animals; -- often used in the plural.

    Dropping bottle, an instrument used to supply small quantities of a fluid to a test tube or other vessel.

    Dropping fire, a continued irregular discharge of firearms.

    Dropping tube, a tube for ejecting any liquid in drops.

Usage examples of "dropping bottle".

He recalled a dusty brown hillside near Malguri, smoke and, overhead, the pulse of an open-cockpit plane dropping bottle-bombs.