a. [ad. Gr. σταλακτικός, dropping, dripping, f. σταλακ-, σταλάσσειν to let drop, intr. to drop, drip.] Deposited by dripping water; pertaining to or consisting of stalactites. Cf. STALACTITIC a.
1756. P. Browne, Jamaica (1789), 26. Most of the hills … are chiefly composed of stalactic matter.
1828–32. Webster.
1900. Westm. Gaz., 1 Sept., 4/2. Arrays of stalactic forms.
