dropsical

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Dropsical watchmen have long importuned like unfortunates to avail themselves of some favored herb.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dropsical symptoms appeared in his discolored feet and swollen ankles.

From Louis XIV. Makers of History Series by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

Dropsical as it is, the larva cannot contain sufficient liquid to moisten and convert into easily compressible mud the long column of earth which must be removed from the burrow.

From Social Life in the Insect World by Miall, Bernard

At Turin, are several pictures by Douw, the most famous of which is the one just named—the Dropsical Woman, attended by her physician, who is examining an urinal.

From Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3) by Spooner, Shearjashub

When he attempts to portray strong emotions, his people do not look as if they felt them; even his Dropsical Woman in the Louvre is dying peacefully and with resignation.

From The Standard Galleries - Holland by Singleton, Esther