What does the word dropsy mean?

Usage examples for dropsy

  1. Then tell me- did death by dropsy give you great pleasure? – Best Russian Short Stories by Various
  2. Howbeit, such Bacchanalian revels Bring very sad catastrophes about; Palsy, Dyspepsy, Dropsy, and Blue Devils, Not to forget the Gout. – The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood by Thomas Hood
  3. I give birth to twins five months ago, she said, and since then dropsy have set in. – Change in the Village by (AKA George Bourne) George Sturt
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