Definition of stick

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Stick (v. i.) To remain where placed; to be fixed; to hold fast to any position so as to be moved with difficulty; to cling; to abide; to cleave; to be united closely.

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Knobstick :: Knobstick (n.) One who refuses to join, or withdraws from, a trades union..
Hockey :: Hockey (n.) A game in which two parties of players, armed with sticks curved or hooked at the end, attempt to drive any small object (as a ball or a bit of wood) toward opposite goals..
Candelabrum :: Candelabrum (n.) A large candlestick, having several branches..
Compose :: Compose (v. t.) To arrange (types) in a composing stick in order for printing; to set (type).
Stickled :: Stick-lac (n.) See the Note under Lac.
Drum :: Drum (v. i.) To beat a drum with sticks; to beat or play a tune on a drum.
Stick :: Stick (n.) To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale; as, to stick an apple on a fork..
Gravel :: Gravel (v. t.) To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.
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..
Ringtoss :: Ringtoss (n.) A game in which the object is to toss a ring so that it will catch upon an upright stick.
Verge :: Verge (n.) The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, they holding it in the hand, and swearing fealty to the lord. Such tenants were called tenants by the verge..
Billsticker :: Billsticker (n.) One whose occupation is to post handbills or posters in public places.
Set :: Set (v. t.) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot; hence, to occasion difficulty to; to embarrass; as, to set a coach in the mud..
Maul-stick :: Maul-stick (n.) A stick used by painters as a rest for the hand while working.
Adhesiveness :: Adhesiveness (n.) The quality of sticking or adhering; stickiness; tenacity of union.
Drum :: Drum (n.) An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with a stick; or of a metallic hemisphere (kettledrum) with a single piece of skin to be so beaten; the common instrument for marking time in martial music; one of the pair of tympani in an orchestra, or cavalry band..
Mopstick :: Mopstick (n.) The long handle of a mop.
Charcoal :: Charcoal (v. t.) Finely prepared charcoal in small sticks, used as a drawing implement..
Haggle :: Haggle (v. i.) To be difficult in bargaining; to stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle.
Twitch :: Twitch (n.) A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse. By twisting the stick the compression is made sufficiently painful to keep the animal quiet during a slight surgical operation..
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