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stalactitic, a.|ˌstælækˈtɪtɪk|
[f. stalactite + -ic.]
1. Having the form or structure of a stalactite, resembling or pertaining to stalactites.
1778Ann. Reg., Nat. Hist. 103/1 A kind of sparry stalactitick shell. 1799Kirwan Geol. Ess. 127 Stalactitic concretions of modern formation. 1823Buckland Reliq. Diluv. 49 A hollow stalactitic tube. 1830Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 384 It is of a hard stalactitic nature. 1877Erichsen's Surg. (ed. 7) II. 228 Stalactitic masses of bone. 1886G. P. Merrill in Ann. Rep. Smithsonian Inst. ii. (1889) 525 Stalactitic marble..is a marble which is formed by the deposit of lime carbonates from waters percolating into cavities or caves.
2. Covered with, containing or consisting of stalactites.
1845Hirst Poems 67 Stalactitic islands ever rise from out the waves of sound. a1849H. Coleridge Ess. (1851) I. 253 Stalactitic caves. 1849Dana Geol. 272 The roof was very rough, though not stalactitic. 1872W. S. Symonds Rec. Rocks ix. 351 A thin stalactitic floor, the results of the droppings of water. |