stilliciden.
/ˈstɪlɪsʌɪd/ 1. A falling of water, etc. in drops; a succession of drops. Now rare.
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the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of dripping or falling in drops > [noun] > succession of drops
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1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §24 Wee see it also in the Stillicides of water, which if ther be water enough to follow, will Drawe themselues into a small thredd, because they will not discontinue.
a1651 N. Culverwell White Stone in Elegant Disc. Light of Nature (1652) ii. 162 Those fallings down of water, that threed and spin themselves into such slender stillicids.
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. v, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Cc3v To Irrigation we may refer the Stillicide or Laver of medicated waters.
1898 T. Hardy Wessex Poems 156 In the muted, measured note Of..a lone Cave's stillicide.
2. Civil Law and Scots Law. The dropping of rainwater from the eaves of a house upon another's land or roof; the right or the servitude relating to this.
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society > law > legal right > rights to do or use something > [noun] > right relating to dropping of rain-water
stillicide1656
stillicidium1727
stillatory1777
water drop1818
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Stillicide, the dropping of the Eaves of an house.
1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. xvii. vii. 342 The next positive City-servitude is, of Stillicides or Sinks; Stillicide is the easing-drop which falleth off any house [etc.].
1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. I. ii. ix. 209 No proprietor can build, so as to throw the rain water falling from his own house immediately upon his neighbour's ground, without a special servitude, which is called of stillicide.
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