Definition of stick

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Stick (v. t.) A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber..

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Horror-sticken :: Horror-sticken (a.) Struck with horror; horrified.
Clarty :: Clarty (a.) Sticky and foul; muddy; filthy; dirty.
Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The part of a candlestick which supports its branches.
Rigoll :: Rigoll (n.) A musical instrument formerly in use, consisting of several sticks bound together, but separated by beads, and played with a stick with a ball at its end..
Adhere :: Adhere (v. i.) To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura..
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..
Candlestick :: Candlestick (n.) An instrument or utensil for supporting a candle.
Gambrel :: Gambrel (n.) A stick crooked like a horse's hind leg; -- used by butchers in suspending slaughtered animals.
Jesse :: "Jesse (n.) A candlestick with many branches, each of which bears the name of some one of the descendants of Jesse; -- called also tree of Jesse..
Tipcat :: Tipcat (n.) A game in which a small piece of wood pointed at both ends, called a cat, is tipped, or struck with a stick or bat, so as to fly into the air..
Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) Hence, the circular tube, with a brim, in a candlestick, into which the candle is inserted..
Stickle :: Stickle (v. i.) To play fast and loose; to pass from one side to the other; to trim.
Banstickle :: Banstickle (n.) A small fish, the three-spined stickleback..
Sticking :: Stickiness (n.) The quality of being sticky; as, the stickiness of glue or paste..
Plaster :: Plaster (n.) An external application of a consistency harder than ointment, prepared for use by spreading it on linen, leather, silk, or other material. It is adhesive at the ordinary temperature of the body, and is used, according to its composition, to produce a medicinal effect, to bind parts together, etc.; as, a porous plaster; sticking plaster..
Fascine :: Fascine (n.) A cylindrical bundle of small sticks of wood, bound together, used in raising batteries, filling ditches, strengthening ramparts, and making parapets; also in revetments for river banks, and in mats for dams, jetties, etc..
Save-all :: Save-all (n.) A device in a candlestick to hold the ends of candles, so that they be burned..
Mopstick :: Mopstick (n.) The long handle of a mop.
Disciplinarian :: Disciplinarian (n.) One who disciplines; one who excels in training, especially with training, especially with regard to order and obedience; one who enforces rigid discipline; a stickler for the observance of rules and methods of training; as, he is a better disciplinarian than scholar..
Drum :: Drum (v. i.) To beat a drum with sticks; to beat or play a tune on a drum.
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