stalactite

• Expecting a stalactite, I turned up the lights, but the substance broke loose in mucus-like strands that I saw also fronded from floor and walls and ceiling ahead. —  F ;SF; - vol 091 issue 04-05 - October-November 1996
• The blade, like a stalactite, gleamed blue in the firelight. —  A Man Lay Dead - Ngaio Marsh - Alleyn 01: 1934
• Soon we were peering down in a stalactite-dripping cave in which sat a very well-preserved seventh-century brick temple, about the size of four phone booths. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
• Then he ceased to revolve, and remained in the form of a golden stalactite--his head surrounded by stars and his toe resting on the ground While Ned stood rooted to the spot, turning the subject over in his mind, and trying to find out by what process of chemical or mechanical action so remarkable a transformation could have been accomplished, he became aware that his uncle, old Mr Shirley, was standing in the middle of the cave regarding him with a look of mingled sarcasm and pity. —  The Golden Dream Adventures in the Far West
• I believe it's supper-time Yes, Master Mark," replied the boy, "and so do I They had still a long way to go, but once past the veil of stalactite, they began to enter the workings with the passages and chambers possessing fairly level floors, made for the convenience of transporting the ore to the mouth of the mine. —  The Black Tor A Tale of the Reign of James the First

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