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stac·te
/ˈstækti/
香料
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Stac·te
n.
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
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
stacte
n
: (
Old
Testament
)
one
of
several
sweet-smelling
spices
used
in
incense
From:
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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
."
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