Stake Net
a form of net for catching salmon, consisting of a sheet of network stretched on stakes fixed into the ground, generally in rivers or where the sea ebbs and flows, with contrivances for entangling and catching the fish.
STALACTITE and STALAGMITE, formations of carbonate of lime. Stalactitic formations occur chiefly in long and more or less fantastic-shaped masses suspended from the roofs of caverns in limestone rocks. The flatter deposits, called stalagmites, are formed on the floor of the cavern by the water there depositing that portion of the carbonate of lime which is not separated during the formation of the stalactite. The most remarkable instances of their occurrence in Great Britain are in the cavern at Castleton in Derbyshire, and Macallaster Cave in the Isle of Skye. The grotto of Antiparos in the Archipelago, the Woodman's Cave in the Harz in Germany, that of Auxelle in France, and Luray (Virginia) and Mammoth (Kentucky) Caves in the United States are striking instances of their formation in other countries. Cheshire and Lancashire, England, 7½ miles E. by N. of Manchester.
Dating only from 1776, it has huge factories for the spinning of cotton yarns and calico-weaving, iron foundries, and machine shops, a town hall, market buildings, a mechanics' institute, an Odd Fellows' hall, and, between it and Ashtonunder - Lyne to the W., the Stamford Park. Pop. (1918) 27,500.