Stich"ic (?), a. [Gr. stichiko`s.] Of or pertaining to stichs, or
lines; consisting of stichs, or lines. [R.]
||Sti*chid"i*um (?), n.; pl. Stichida (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, dim. of
||&?; a row.] (Bot.) A special podlike or fusiform branch containing
||tetraspores. It is found in certain red algæ.
Stich"o*man`cy (?), n. [Gr. &?; a line + -mancy.] Divination by lines,
or passages of books, taken at hazard.
Stich`o*met"ric*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to stichometry;
characterized by stichs, or lines.
Stich*om"e*try (?), n. [Gr. &?; a line + -metry.] 1. Measurement of
books by the number of lines which they contain.
2. Division of the text of a book into lines; especially, the division
of the text of books into lines accommodated to the sense, -- a method
of writing manuscripts used before punctuation was adopted.
Stich"wort` (?), n. (Bot.) A kind of chickweed (Stellaria Holostea).
[Written also stitchwort.]
Stick (?), n. [OE. sticke, AS. sticca; akin to stician to stab, prick,
pierce, G. stecken a stick, staff, OHG. steccho, Icel. stik a stick.
See Stick, v. t..] 1. 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.
Withered sticks to gather, which might serve Against a winter's
day.
Milton.
2. 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.