Definition of stick

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Stick (v. t.) Any long and comparatively slender piece of wood, whether in natural form or shaped with tools; a rod; a wand; a staff; as, the stick of a rocket; a walking stick..

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Billet :: Billet (n.) A small stick of wood, as for firewood..
Drub :: Drub (v. t.) To beat with a stick; to thrash; to cudgel.
Burnstickle :: Burnstickle (n.) A stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus).
Staff :: Staff (n.) A long piece of wood; a stick; the long handle of an instrument or weapon; a pole or srick, used for many purposes; as, a surveyor's staff; the staff of a spear or pike..
Nick :: Nick (n.) A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution..
Tacky :: Tacky (a.) Sticky; adhesive; raw; -- said of paint, varnish, etc., when not well dried..
Stuck :: Stuck () imp. & p. p. of Stick.
Garrot :: Garrot (n.) A stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb..
Crab :: Crab (v. t.) To beat with a crabstick.
Mire :: Mire (v. t.) To cause or permit to stick fast in mire; to plunge or fix in mud; as, to mire a horse or wagon..
Sharpling :: Sharpling (n.) A stickleback.
Supplely :: Supple-jack (n.) A somewhat similar tropical American plant (Paullinia Curassavica); also, a walking stick made from its stem..
Stick :: Stick (n.) To run or plane (moldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such moldings are said to be stuck..
Letterwood :: Letterwood (n.) The beautiful and highly elastic wood of a tree of the genus Brosimum (B. Aubletii), found in Guiana; -- so called from black spots in it which bear some resemblance to hieroglyphics; also called snakewood, and leopardwood. It is much used for bows and for walking sticks..
Backsword :: Backsword (n.) In England, a stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements; also, the game in which the stick is used. Also called singlestick..
Cant :: Cant (v. t.) To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football..
Broach :: Broach (n.) The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping.
Stick :: Stick (n.) To cause to penetrate; to push, thrust, or drive, so as to pierce; as, to stick a needle into one's finger..
Mire :: Mire (v. i.) To stick in mire.
Bludgeon :: Bludgeon (n.) A short stick, with one end loaded, or thicker and heavier that the other, used as an offensive weapon..
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