What is a dripstone?

What is a dripstone? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (architecture) A protective moulding over a door or window that allows rain to drip away from the structure
  2. (geology) stalactites and stalagmites collectively
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Where the deposition of calcite is concentrated along cracks, calcite is deposited as flowstone, or dripstone.
The dripstone sections of their capitals are therefore unnecessary and ridiculous.
The upper stage is relieved by a pointed window, of two lights, on each side, the dripstone of each terminating in heads.
Mineral deposits in dripping water color the wavy dripstone formations, or speleothems, in browns, reds and whites.
Features like this are found in caves, where they take the general name of dripstone.
At the east end is a three-light window without any transom, with an obtuse arch under a dripstone.

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