STILLICIDE
\stˈɪlɪsˌa͡ɪd], \stˈɪlɪsˌaɪd], \s_t_ˈɪ_l_ɪ_s_ˌaɪ_d]\
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By Oddity Software
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stil'i-s[=i]d, 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.]
By Thomas Davidson
