a. Obs. rare. [Cf. OHG. waʓersioh, (MHG. waʓʓersiech), MDu. watersiec.] Dropsical.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Luke xiv. 3. Ða wæs þar sum wæter-seoc man [L. homo quidam hydropicus] beforan him.
1555. W. Turner, Spir. Physik, 49. The other kynde of common tokens that the watersyke haue, is an excedyng greate thyrst.