Lexicographical Neighbors of Drapping
Literary usage of Drapping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"And frac my een the drapping rains Nor th' balm that draps on wounds of woe Maun
ever ... the elder bairns come drapping in, The Cotter's Sat. Night. 4. ..."
2. Masterpieces of British Literature: Ruskin: Macaulay: Brown: Tennyson by Scuddre, Horace Elisha, 1838-1902 (1895)
"... the elder bairns come drapping in, At service out, amang the farmers roun': 20
... by and by ; bairns, children ; drapping, dropping. 29. amang, among. ..."
3. A Digest of the Law of Scotland: With Special Reference to the Office and by Hugh Barclay, Scotland (1855)
"... a cleek or plate of brass ; the best drapping-pan, whether brass or iron ;
the best three pots of the mould following, viz. a great beef pot, ..."
4. Robert Burns in Other Tongues: A Critical Review of the Translations of the by William Jacks (1896)
"... come drapping in," "Some herd," "Some tentie rin a cannie errand," but convey
an altogether different picture from that of Burns— ..."
5. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs edited by Thomas Percy (1900)
"... Drawne frae Minerva's loome; 110 His lipps like roses drapping dew; His breath
was a' perfume. ..."
6. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1898)
"The tears came drapping rarely; I took my bonnet aff my head, For weel I lo'ed
Prince Charlie. Quoth I: " My bird, my bonny, bonny bird, Is that a tale ye ..."
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