noun
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the form of calcium carbonate existing in stalactites or stalagmites
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Also called: label, hood mould. architect a drip made of stone
Etymology
Origin of dripstone
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In architecture a “hood-mould” is a projecting moulding carried outside the arch of a door or window; it is weathered underneath, and when continued horizontally is better known as a dripstone.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various
The top is connected with the roof above by a group of short, and for this region, heavy columns of dripstone, the oldest formation of that character in the cave.
From Cave Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills by Luella Agnes Owen
There were neither idols nor signs of paganism, except that the floor, which resembled the dripstone of Tenerife, was smoothed by the feet of the old worshippers.
From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Sir Richard Francis Burton
But you will be as doleful as a dripstone if you marry for money.
From Father Goriot by Ellen Marriage
The dripstone sections of their capitals are therefore unnecessary and ridiculous.
From The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) by John Ruskin
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