stacte

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And the Lord said to Moses: Take unto thee spices, stacte, and onycha, galbanum of sweet savour, and the clearest frankincense, all shall be of equal weight 30:35.

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  1. noun A sweet spice used by the ancient Jews in making incense.

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  1. Middle English stacten, myrrh resin, from Latin stactē, from Greek staktē, from feminine of staktos, oozing, from stazein, stag-, to ooze.

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  1. from Latin stacte, stacta, from Greek στακτή, the oil that trickles from fresh myrrh or cinnamon, feminine of στακτός, dropping, oozing out, from στάξειν, drop, let fall drop by drop.
 

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/ˈstækti/
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