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stalactites


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stalactites  \Stal`ac*ti"tes\,  n.  [NL.] 
  A  stalactite.  [Obs.]  --Woodward. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stalactite  \Sta*lac"tite\,  n.;  pl  {Stalactites}.  [Gr.  ?  oozing 
  out  in  drops,  dropping,  fr  ?  to  drop:  cf  F.  stalactite.] 
  (Geol.) 
  a  A  pendent  cone  or  cylinder  of  calcium  carbonate 
  resembling  an  icicle  in  form  and  mode  of  attachment. 
  Stalactites  are  found  depending  from  the  roof  or  sides  of 
  caverns,  and  are  produced  by  deposition  from  waters  which 
  have  percolated  through  and  partially  dissolved,  the 
  overlying  limestone  rocks. 
  b  In  an  extended  sense  any  mineral  or  rock  of  similar  form 
  and  origin;  as  a  stalactite  of  lava. 




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