n. The act of falling in drops; a falling.n. That which drops or is dropped: generally in the plural.n. Specificallyn. plural Dung: especially said of the dung of fowls: as, the droppings of the henroost.n. In glass-making, one of the lumps or glob-ules formed in the glass by the glazing of the clay cover of the melting-vessel and its com-bination with the volatilized alkalis.n. plural The waste material which drops under a machine, as in the process of scutching cotton.n. A disease of cattle commonly known as milk fever, somewhat analogous to puerperal fever in women: so called because the cow drops to the ground when sick.