Drop"si*cal*ness, n. State of being dropsical.
Drop"sied (?), a. Diseased with drops. Shak.
Drop"sy (?), n.; pl. Dropsies (#). [OE. dropsie, dropesie, OF. idropisie, F. hydropisie, L. hydropisis, fr. Gr. &?; dropsy, fr. &?; water. See Water, and cf. Hydropsy.] (Med.) An unnatural collection of serous fluid in any serous cavity of the body, or in the subcutaneous cellular tissue. Dunglison.
Dropt (?), imp. & p. p. of Drop, v. G. Eliot.
Drop"wise` (?), adv. After the manner of a drop; in the form of drops.
Trickling dropwise from the cleft.
Tennyson.
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Drop"worm` (drp"wûrm`), n. (Zoöl.) The larva of any geometrid moth, which drops from trees by means of a thread of silk, as the cankerworm.
Drop"wort` (-wûrt`), n. (Bot.) An Old World species of Spiræa (S. filipendula), with finely cut leaves.
||Dros"e*ra (drs"*r), n. [NL., fr. Gr. drosero`s dewy.] (Bot.) A genus of low perennial or biennial plants, the leaves of which are beset with gland-tipped bristles. See Sundew. Gray.
Dros"ky (drs"k), n.; pl. Droskies (-kz). [Russ. drojki, dim. of drogi a kind of carriage, prop. pl. of droga shaft or pole of a carriage.] A low, four-wheeled, open carriage, used in Russia, consisting of a kind of long, narrow bench, on which the passengers ride as on a saddle, with their feet reaching nearly to the ground. Other kinds of vehicles are now so called, esp. a kind of victoria drawn by one or two horses, and used as a public carriage in German cities. [Written also droitzschka, and droschke.]
Dro*som"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. dro`sos dew + -meter: cf. F. drosométre.] (Meteorol.) An instrument for measuring the quantity of dew on the surface of a body in the open air. It consists of a balance, having a plate at one end to receive the dew, and at the other a weight protected from the deposit of dew.
Dross (?), n. [AS. dros, fr. dreósan to fall. See Dreary.] 1. The scum or refuse matter which is thrown off, or falls from, metals in smelting the ore, or in the process of melting; recrement.