Emily Dickinson Lexicon

drop (-s), n. [OE dropa.] (webplay: cease, cloud, come, eaves, fall, favor, God, gold, leave, lower, nothing, old, rain, sea, stone, tree, water).

1. Jewel; gem; pendant; diamond earring; [fig.] moment; time; season; [metonymy] muse; poetic fluency; flow of beautiful language.
2. Small quantity; minute amount of a drink; [fig.] medicinal remedy.
3. Drip; dribble; globule; spherical bit of fluid; (see Job 36:27).