DROPSY
Drop"sy, n.; pl. Dropsies. Etym: [OE. dropsie, dropesie, OF.
idropisie, F. hydropisie, L. hydropisis, fr. Gr. Water, and cf.
Hydropsy.] (Med.)
Defn: An unnatural collection of serous fluid in any serous cavity of the body, or in the subcutaneous cellular tissue. Dunglison.
DROPT
Dropt,
Defn: imp. & p. p. of Drop, v. G. Eliot.
DROPWISE
Drop"wise`, adv.
Defn: After the manner of a drop; in the form of drops.
Trickling dropwise from the cleft. Tennyson.
DROPWORM
Drop"worm`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The larva of any geometrid moth, which drops from trees by means of a thread of silk, as the cankerworm.
DROPWORT
Drop"wort`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: An Old World species of Spiræa (S. filipendula), with finely cut leaves.