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‖ ˈstiria Obs.
Also erron. styria. Pl. stiriæ, stirias.
[L. stīria, icicle.]
A concretion (e.g. a stalactite, an efflorescence) resembling an icicle.
1666Boyle Orig. Formes & Qual. 267 The copious shining Styriæ [1667 Stiriæ] that enoble the darker Body. 1681Cotton Wond. Peak 9 By which the Stiria longer, bigger grows. a1722Lisle Husb. (1757) 8 The atoms of heterogeneous juices will sometimes shoot themselves up in different angular stirias. |