Defn: That which falls in drops; the excrement or dung of animals.
Dropping bottle, an instrument used to supply small quantities of a
fluid to a test tube or other vessel.
— Dropping fire, a continued irregular discharge of firearms.
— Dropping tube, a tube for ejecting any liquid in drops.
DROPPINGLY
Drop"ping*ly, adv.
Defn: In drops.
DROPSICAL
Drop"si*cal, a. Etym: [From Dropsy.]
1. Diseased with dropsy; hydropical; tending to dropsy; as, a dropsical patient.
2. Of or pertaining to dropsy.
DROPSICALNESS
Drop"si*cal*ness, n.
Defn: State of being dropsical.
DROPSIED
Drop"sied, a.
Defn: Diseased with drops. Shak.