stacte (stakte)

[ Stack-stand with Stack-funnel. of στακτός, dropping, oozing out, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte , and onycha, and galbanum. Ex. xxx. 34. stactometer (stak-tom'e-ter), n. [Also stak to meter ; στακτός , dropping, oozing out (see stacte ), + μέτρον , a measure.] A gla tube having a bulb in the middle, and tapering to a fine orifice at one end, used for ascertaining the number of drops in equal bulks of different liquids. Also called stalagmometer . stadt. A Middle English form of the past participle of stead .