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BanstickleBanstickle Ban"stic`kle, n. [OE. ban, bon, bone + stickle
prickle, sting. See Bone, n., Stickleback.] (Zo["o]l.)
A small fish, the three-spined stickleback. BestickBestick Be*stick", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bestuck; p. pr. & vb.
n. Besticking.]
To stick over, as with sharp points pressed in; to mark by
infixing points or spots here and there; to pierce.
Truth shall retire Bestuck with slanderous darts.
--Milton. BestickingBestick Be*stick", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bestuck; p. pr. & vb.
n. Besticking.]
To stick over, as with sharp points pressed in; to mark by
infixing points or spots here and there; to pierce.
Truth shall retire Bestuck with slanderous darts.
--Milton. Billsticker
Billposter Bill"post`er, Billsticker Bill"stick"er, n.
One whose occupation is to post handbills or posters in
public places.
Bloodstick
Bloodstick Blood"stick", n. (Far.)
A piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead, and used to
strike the fleam into the vein. --Youatt.
Broomstick
Broomstick Broom"stick`, n.
A stick used as a handle of a broom.
Buff stickBuff Buff, a.
1. Made of buff leather. --Goldsmith.
2. Of the color of buff.
Buff coat, a close, military outer garment, with short
sleeves, and laced tightly over the chest, made of buffalo
skin, or other thick and elastic material, worn by
soldiers in the 17th century as a defensive covering.
Buff jerkin, originally, a leather waistcoat; afterward,
one of cloth of a buff color. [Obs.] --Nares.
Buff stick (Mech.), a strip of wood covered with buff
leather, used in polishing. Candlestick
Candlestick Can"dle*stick`, n. [AS. candel-sticca; candel
candle + sticca stick.]
An instrument or utensil for supporting a candle.
Canstick
Canstick Can"stick`, n.
Candlestick. [Obs.] --Shak.
Catstick
Catstick Cat"stick`, n.
A stick or club employed in the game of ball called cat or
tipcat. --Massinger.
Chopstick
Chopstick Chop"stick" (ch[o^]p"st[i^]k`), n.
One of two small sticks of wood, ivory, etc., used by the
Chinese and Japanese to convey food to the mouth.
Composing stickComposing Com*pos"ing, a.
1. Tending to compose or soothe.
2. Pertaining to, or used in, composition.
Composing frame (Print.), a stand for holding cases of type
when in use.
Composing rule (Print.), a thin slip of brass or steel,
against which the type is arranged in a composing stick,
or by the aid of which stickfuls or handfuls or type are
lifted; -- called also setting rule.
Composing stick (Print.), an instrument usually of metal,
which the compositor holds in his left hand, and in which
he arranges the type in words and lines. It has one open
side, and one adjustable end by means of which the length
of the lines, and consequently the width of the page or
column, may be determined. Coupstick
Coupstick Coup"stick` (k[=oo]"st[i^]k`), n. [Coup + stick.]
A stick or switch used among some American Indians in making
or counting a coup.
Crabstick
Crabstick Crab"stick` (-st[i^]k`), n.
A stick, cane, or cudgel, made of the wood of the crab tree.
Drumstick
Drumstick Drum"stick`, n.
1. A stick with which a drum is beaten.
2. Anything resembling a drumstick in form, as the
tibiotarsus, or second joint, of the leg of a fowl.
Fiddlestick
Fiddlestick Fid"dle*stick`, n.
The bow, strung with horsehair, used in playing the fiddle; a
fiddle bow.
Forestick
Forestick Fore"stick`, n.
Front stick of a hearth fire.
Gum stickGum Gum, n. [OE. gome, AS. gama palate; akin Co G. gaumen,
OHG. goumo, guomo, Icel. g?mr, Sw. gom; cf. Gr. ? to gape.]
The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the
adjacent parts of the jaws.
Gum rash (Med.), strophulus in a teething child; red gum.
Gum stick, a smooth hard substance for children to bite
upon while teething. Gunstick
Gunstick Gun"stick, n.
A stick to ram down the charge of a musket, etc.; a rammer or
ramrod. [R.]
Gutter stick Gutter stick (Printing), one of the pieces of furniture
which separate pages in a form. Horror-sticken
Horror-sticken Hor"ror-stick`en, a.
Struck with horror; horrified.
Blank and horror-stricken faces. --C. Kingsley.
Joss stickJoss Joss, n. [Chinese, corrupt. fr. Pg. deos God, L. deus.]
A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol. ``Critic in
jars and josses.' --Colman (1761).
Joss house, a Chinese temple or house for the Chinese mode
of worship.
Joss stick, a reed covered with a paste made of the dust of
odoriferous woods, or a cylinder made wholly of the paste;
-- burned by the Chinese before an idol. Knobstick
Knobstick Knob"stick`, n.
One who refuses to join, or withdraws from, a trades union.
[Cant, Eng.]
Knobstick
Knobstick Knob"stick`, n.
A stick, cane, or club terminating in a knob; esp., such a
stick or club used as a weapon or missile; a knobkerrie.
Mahl-stickMahl-stick Mahl"-stick`, n.
See Maul-stick. mahl-stickMaul-stick Maul"-stick`, n. [G. malerstock; maler a painter +
stock stick.]
A stick used by painters as a rest for the hand while
working. [Written also mahl-stick.] Maul-stickMaul-stick Maul"-stick`, n. [G. malerstock; maler a painter +
stock stick.]
A stick used by painters as a rest for the hand while
working. [Written also mahl-stick.] Mesh stickMesh Mesh, n. [AS. masc, max, m?scre; akin to D. maas, masche,
OHG. masca, Icel. m["o]skvi; cf. Lith. mazgas a knot, megsti
to weave nets, to knot.]
1. The opening or space inclosed by the threads of a net
between knot and knot, or the threads inclosing such a
space; network; a net.
A golden mesh to entrap the hearts of men. --Shak.
2. (Gearing) The engagement of the teeth of wheels, or of a
wheel and rack.
Mesh stick, a stick on which the mesh is formed in netting. Message stick
Message stick Mes"sage stick
A stick, carved with lines and dots, used, esp. by Australian
aborigines, to convey information.
Meaning of STICK from wikipedia
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stick or
sticks in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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stick may
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stick Crab
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