11. To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat. [Slang]

To stick out, to cause to project or protrude; to render prominent.

Stick (?), v. i. 1. To adhere; as, glue sticks to the fingers; paste

sticks to the wall.

The green caterpillar breedeth in the inward parts of roses not

blown, where the dew sticketh.

Bacon.

2. To remain where placed; to be fixed; to hold fast to any position so

as to be moved with difficulty; to cling; to abide; to cleave; to be

united closely.

A friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Prov. xviii. 24.

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