Stacte

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stacte \Stac"te\ (st[a^]k"t[-e]), n. [L., fr. Gr. stakth`,
     strictly fem. of stakto`s oozing out in drops, fr. sta`zein
     to drop.]
     One of the sweet spices used by the ancient Jews in the
     preparation of incense. It was perhaps an oil or other form
     of myrrh or cinnamon, or a kind of storax. --Ex. xxx. 34.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stacte
       n : (Old Testament) one of several sweet-smelling spices used in
           incense

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Stacte
     (Heb. nataph), one of the components of the perfume which was
     offered on the golden altar (Ex. 30:34; R.V. marg.,
     "opobalsamum"). The Hebrew word is from a root meaning "to
     distil," and it has been by some interpreted as distilled myrrh.
     Others regard it as the gum of the storax tree, or rather shrub,
     the Styrax officinale. "The Syrians value this gum highly, and
     use it medicinally as an emulcent in pectoral complaints, and
     also in perfumery."