dribble n also driddle*. Cp OED ~ sb 1 'small trickling and barely continuous stream.' The head water of a river; a small stream flowing into a river or pond; a spring.
   1938 BRYAN 7 North side of Middle Barachois Brook and West Bank of Joe McKay's Dribble. 1957 Evening Telegram 13 July, p. 4 The [salmon] pools from the mouth of the Dribble are not many and the large numbers [of fishermen] occupying them appear to make it apparent that the fishing water is thronged. P 245-59 ~ The headwater of a river; a small brook forming headwater. T 50/2-64 Up there in those ponds, in the dribbles, in the brooks, you know, when the water'd be runnin', the fresh water, an' that'd be as warm as milk. P 118-67 ~ a small brook or stream of water running into a pond. 1971 NOSEWORTHY 194 Driddle brook. Same as a spring, which is a thin stream of water flowing out of the ground.

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