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I set up all the parameters of existing Drop Caps in my book via \DefaultLoversize and \DefaultLraise commands and everything looks fine until the drop caps letter falls, for example, on this Cyrillic character Д.
Instantly the problem occurs with the font descenders falling right on the text below the drop cap letter (see MWE).
I am happy with the current drop caps settings throughout the book (drop cap's top a bit over the first line and bottom exactly on the third line) and don't want to change it. I know that if I lower \DefaultLoversize, the Д character will look just fine but that will also change the size of all drop caps throughout the whole book and they will look awkwardly hanging (above the third line).
So my question is: how do I modify the properties of only one single drop cap, leaving the rest of them intact? 

% !TEX TS-program = LuaLaTeX
\documentclass[11pt,twoside,openany]{book}
\pagestyle{plain}
\usepackage[english, russian]{babel}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{EB Garamond}[
  SmallCapsFont={EB Garamond SC},
  SmallCapsFeatures={Letters=SmallCaps},
  Ligatures=TeX,
]
\usepackage{microtype}
\usepackage[shortcuts]{extdash}
\usepackage[pagewise]{lineno} 
\usepackage[
  paperwidth=6in,
  paperheight=9in,
  inner=15mm,
  top=15mm,
  outer=20mm,
  bottom=22mm,
  heightrounded,
]{geometry}

\usepackage{lettrine}
\setcounter{DefaultLines}{3}
\renewcommand{\DefaultLoversize}{0.1} 
\renewcommand{\DefaultLraise}{0} 
\renewcommand{\LettrineTextFont}{}
\setlength{\DefaultFindent}{\fontdimen2\font}


\usepackage{lipsum}
\setlength{\parskip}{0pt} 
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[dvipsnames]{xcolor}
\usepackage{titlesec}


\titleclass{\chapter}{straight}
\titleformat{\chapter}[display]{\filcenter\normalfont\large}{\thechapter.}{6pt}{}
\titlespacing*{\chapter}{0pt}{30pt}{10pt plus 10pt}


\begin{document} 
\pagenumbering{gobble}


\frontmatter


\begin{titlepage}
  \centering
  \vspace*{10mm} 
  {\scshape\huge TITLE\par}
\end{titlepage}


\mainmatter


\pagenumbering{arabic}


\chapter{CHAPTER ONE}
\lettrine[lines=3]{Д}{orem} ipsum 
\lipsum[1-1]


\chapter{CHAPTER TWO}
\lettrine[lines=3]{L}{orem} ipsum 
\lipsum[1-1]


\end{document}
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  • I don't have the needed fonts, but this answer may (or not) provide an alternative way to use lettrine drop caps: https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/632584/centering-an-initfamily-letter-within-a-colorbox-and-sizing-it-for-use-as-a-two/632586#632586 – Steven B. Segletes Apr 06 '22 at 12:12
  • You're right. I found a hint to the solution there. I'll post it as answer in case if anyone needs it. – tryingout Apr 06 '22 at 12:34

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In case if anyone needs to know how to do it, the answer is simple:
You can use the same parameters set for your whole document with any given Drop Cap specifically.
Just modify your drop cap line at its specific location from \lettrine[lines=3]{Д}{orem} ipsum to \lettrine[lines=3,loversize=-0.05,lraise=0.15]{Д}{orem} ipsum replace the numbers with whatever suits you better and voila!

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