Dropst

See Medicikk. DROSS (I'p, Kethibh no, sing, only in Ezk 22", elsewhere always plur. D-j-p, D')p, c':p). — For the process whereby dross was separated from the pure metal, see Furnace, Refiner. The word is severcJ times used in the OT metaphorically for what is base and worthless, e.g. Ps 119"' (of the wicked). Is !"• » Ezk 22'«- >» (of degenerate Israel). J. A. Selbie. DROUGHT.- See Crimks and Punishments, also Famine. DROVE This word is the equivalent in A V of two Heb. words. 1. i-\]i 'Ider (Gn 32'»- ">). 'Eder is elsewhere rendered yfocA (see Flock), except in one place (Jl 1"), where it occurs twice in the construct state, ii3?""i.iy, which is tr^ ' herds of cattle,' and jdvn -r\^ 'Jtocks of sheep.' 2. njqo mahdneh. This word, although rendered in Gn 33' AV drove, is rendered once in the same connexion (32^) bands, and twice (32) company. This last, which is the correct tr., is adopted by RV (cf. Gn 50"). See Herd. G. E. Post.