Definition of "water-drip" [water-drip]

• A pan or receptacle to receive the waste water from a water-cooler. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "This shortly brought them to a bewitching spring, whose basin was incrusted with a frostwork of glittering crystals; it was in the midst of a cavern whose walls were supported by many fantastic pillars which had been formed by the joining of great stalactites and stalagmites together, the result of the ceaseless water-drip of centuries."
• "In one place, near at hand, a stalagmite had been slowly growing up from the ground for ages, builded by the water-drip from"
• "It was the treasure-box, sure enough, occupying a snug little cavern, along with an empty powder-keg, a couple of guns in leather cases, two or three pairs of old moccasins, a leather belt, and some other rubbish well soaked with the water-drip."