The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stick \Stick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stuck(Obs. Sticked); p. pr. & vb. n. Sticking.] [OE. stikien, v.t. & i., combined with steken, whence E. stuck), AS. stician, v.t. & i., and (assumed) stecan, v.t.; akin to OFries. steka, OS. stekan, OHG. stehhan, G. stechen, and to Gr. ? to prick, Skr. tij to be sharp. Cf. Distinguish, Etiquette, Extinct, Instigate, Instinct, Prestige, Stake, Steak, Stick, n., Stigma, Stimulate, Sting, Stitch in sewing, Style for or in writing.]
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To penetrate with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to stab; hence, to kill by piercing; as, to stick a beast.
And sticked him with bodkins anon.
--Chaucer.It was a shame . . . to stick him under the other gentleman's arm while he was redding the fray.
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To cause to penetrate; to push, thrust, or drive, so as to pierce; as, to stick a needle into one's finger.
Thou stickest a dagger in me.
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To fasten, attach, or cause to remain, by thrusting in; hence, also, to adorn or deck with things fastened on as by piercing; as, to stick a pin on the sleeve.
My shroud of white, stuck all with yew.
--Shak.The points of spears are stuck within the shield.
--Dryden. To set; to fix in; as, to stick card teeth.
To set with something pointed; as, to stick cards.
To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale; as, to stick an apple on a fork.
To attach by causing to adhere to the surface; as, to stick on a plaster; to stick a stamp on an envelope; also, to attach in any manner.
(Print.) To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick; as, to stick type. [Cant]
(Joinery) To run or plane (moldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such moldings are said to be stuck.
To cause to stick; to bring to a stand; to pose; to puzzle; as, to stick one with a hard problem. [Colloq.]
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To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat.
To stick out, to cause to project or protrude; to render prominent.
Sticked \Stick"ed\, obs. imp. of Stick. Stuck.
And in the sand her ship sticked so fast.
--Chaucer.
They sticked not to give their bodies to be burnt.
--Sir T.
Browne.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: stick) (qualifier: still used in some senses, archaic in others).
Usage examples of "sticked".
Better that than father lose babe, that’s my law which says you’re hiding behind the canon law because you’re a blubbering (wham), slobbering (wham), weak-gutted (wham), bitch-boned (wham), sour-breathed (wham), sticked swine what puts your popper in a pouch, then loses gullet when the seed comes back a babe.
Or mayhap some of these sticked swine around me be special friends with the king.
But Elizabeth never even noticed as she pushed into the undergrowth, thinned and sticked by lack of rain, deserted by its denizens for fear of the coming tempest.