Definition of "water-drop" [water-drop]

• A drop of water; specifically, a tear. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "“The devil a water-drop he gets here,” said a third."
• "The track “Lowid” provides swiftly plucked guitar amid water-drop percussion, along with the fuzzy comfort of static dissonance and an occasional vocal utterance."
• "Yet my credulity was so strengthened by his candor, that I accepted without hesitation the torture of the water-drop when we came to it."