a. [f. L. stillātīci-us falling in drops (f. stillāre: see prec. and -ITIOUS) + -OUS.]
1. Falling in drops; issuing by drops. Also, † produced by falling in drops, as stalactites.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Stillatitious, that drops or distils.
1758. Borlase, Nat. Hist. Cornw., 110. Near the Holy-well … there are several stillatitious productions of a sparry kind.
1822–7. Good, Study Med. (1829), V. 469. Strangury. Painful and stillatitious emission of urine.
† 2. Produced by distillation. Obs.
1657. Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., II. xiv. 70. As when Gems or Metals are extinguished in Wine-vinegar, pure or stillatitious matter.
1666. Boyle, Orig. Formes & Qual., 230. The Saline Corpuscles of Stillatitious acid liquors.
1681. Grew, Musæum, IV. § 1. 352. The Stillatitious Oil of Lawang Barque.
1704. J. Harris, Lex. Techn., I. Stillatitious Oils in Chymistry, are such as are Extracted out of Mixts, by the Force of Fire.
Hence Stillatitiously adv., by drops.
1822–7. Good, Study Med. (1829), II. 532. The urine will flow stillatitiously, and without ceasing.
