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Definitions for stillicide
stil·li·cide
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stillicidenoun
Water falling in drops, especially in a row from the eaves of a roof, or from icicles or stalactites.
stillicidenoun
stillicidium; the right to collect such drops from a neighbor's roof that overhangs one's own property.
Etymology: Anglicisation of stillicidium.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Stillicidenoun
A succession of drops.
Etymology: stillicidium, Latin.
The stillicides of water, if there be water enough to follow, will draw themselves into a small thread; because they will not discontinue. Francis Bacon, Natural History.
Webster Dictionary
Stillicidenoun
a continual falling or succession of drops; rain water falling from the eaves
Etymology: [L. stillicidium; stilla a drop + cadere to fall.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Stillicide
stil′i-sīd, n. an urban servitude among the Romans, where a proprietor was not allowed to build to the extremity of his estate, but must leave a space regulated by the charter by which the property was held, so as not to throw the eavesdrop on the land of his neighbour—same as Eavesdrip.—n. Stillicid′ium, a morbid trickling. [L.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of stillicide in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of stillicide in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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