A stick of eels, twenty-five eels. [Prov. Eng.] -- Stick chimney, a
chimney made of sticks laid crosswise, and cemented with clay or mud,
as in some log houses. [U.S.] -- Stick insect, (Zoöl.), any one of
various species of wingless orthopterous insects of the family
Phasmidæ, which have a long round body, resembling a stick in form and
color, and long legs, which are often held rigidly in such positions as
to make them resemble small twigs. They thus imitate the branches and
twigs of the trees on which they live. The common American species is
Diapheromera femorata. Some of the Asiatic species are more than a foot
long. -- To cut one's stick, or To cut stick, to run away. [Slang] De
Quincey.
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.] 1. 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.
Sir W. Scott.
2. 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.
Shak.
3. 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.